A Um Poeta Moço by Vicente de Carvalho: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Um Poeta Moço that begins with:

Desanimado, entregas-te, sem norte,
Sem relutância, à vida; e aceitas dessa...

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: 10000100111 110010110010 101110001100 0110010011 11101101110 01011101001 10101011010011 1011101000 1110100100 11111001100 101001010 10100101111010 01100110100 110110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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