This is an analysis of the poem Conselhos that begins with:

Vogar mais não vale a pena,
Amarra o barco a esta bóia; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXXXXXaXXXXaXXaXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXbXbXXXXXcXcXXXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 1001100101 110110100 1001001 111000011 10010100 11100110 11101010 10010110 1011100 10101100 010101110 11110100 1010110111 101011100 1100100 0100110 11011100110 1001010 11111110 10110100 0101101 111001000 01111 11001010 0111110 11110100 01011000 1001110 110101101 11010111 110110 1010110 10011101 11101000 11000110 1000100 0111010 10001000 1101101 101001000 10010100 1111100 10110100 1010100110 11110011 10011110 1010101 1111011110 111001110 11101100 1011001100 11110111 1110010 111110 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1533
  • Average number of words per stanza: 294
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; o, rosa are repeated.

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

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