This is an analysis of the poem O Rio that begins with:

Da mata no seio umbroso,
No verde seio da serra,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXA XXbc XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXbA XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100 1101110 11101000 10100110 11011000 1111000 111010 1100110 1011011100 10101100 1101100 10101000 100111110 1011100010 01011010 11110010 101011 1100010110 10011011 1011001100 1001001100 110110 11001000 1101100 111001 010010110 101110011 10010110100 101111110 111010 111100 111011 1110100 10101000 10101010 11101000 01010110 111010 110110 10100101 1010110 10010100 10001110 10111000 10101100 111111 101100100 1000110 11110010 11111100 100110110 10100110 1001011 1100110 11101001 1001011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; da, e are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.

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  • summary of O Rio;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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