This is an analysis of the poem Olhos Verdes (Vicente De Carvalho) that begins with:

Olhos encantados, olhos cor do mar
Olhos pensativos que fazeis sonhar!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX XXXaXb b cXXXXX X XdcXXa X XdXcXX X Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100010111 10100011010 110010101000 1110101110010 110000100010 100011110011 1001001010110 1010001010110 101000110010 110011100010 1100101010111 0101010101110 1001010100100 1000110100010 10100010100 101000110100 101010101011100 10001101000110 11110010110 101011001 111100101000 10001111011 10100011010 101010101010 100110101110 10110010110 101100111010 11100111100 11100111011110 10100010100 10100011010 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; olhos, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words olhos, leva are repeated.

    The author used the same word olhos at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines amor is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word amor at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Olhos Verdes (Vicente De Carvalho);
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