This is an analysis of the poem Velhas Árvores that begins with:
Olha estas velhas árvores, — mais belas,
Do que as árvores mais moças, mais amigas,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10101010110 11110111100 10110101100 100011011100 110010111001010 10100101100 11110100111100 101001101000 1100100100 1000101000 10110101000 11101001110 10000110110 1010101011100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mais, 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 Velhas Árvores;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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