Question bank: Verse and Prose: Construction of a Literary Text

Literature presents various resources that allow the creation of texts rich in meaning and expression. One of these possibilities is the construction of a literary text through verse and prose. Considering the characteristics and potential of these two elements, explain how verse and prose can be used in the creation of a literary text, taking into account the different languages and contexts in which they are employed, and discuss the importance of analyzing interests, power relations, and worldviews in the discourses of various language practices.

Write a prose text presenting a critical argument about the relationship between poetic form and reflective content in a poem of your choice, demonstrating an understanding of the differential characteristics between verse and prose and how these elements contribute to the construction of the literary message. Then, select a passage from the poem that illustrates your analysis and rewrite it in prose form, maintaining the syntactic and semantic structure but modifying the typical typographic arrangement of verse, to show how the choice of form influences the reader's perception. The question aims to assess your ability to critically analyze, articulating concepts of form and content in literature, as well as demonstrating skill in transforming textual elements without losing their essence.

Verse and prose are two forms of constructing a literary text, each with its own characteristics and elements. Poetry is presented in verses, while prose has a structure of paragraphs and complete sentences. Based on the theme 'Verse and prose, possibilities of constructing a literary text,' explain the main characteristics of each of these forms and exemplify how the choice between verse and prose can influence the expression of the author's ideas and emotions in different literary contexts. Additionally, discuss how the language and techniques used in these forms relate to the worldview and ideologies present in their works.

In the text 'A Carolina', Machado de Assis makes use of:

Identify and describe the main characteristics that differentiate verse and prose in literature, exemplifying with an excerpt from a poem and an excerpt from a prose text. In the poem, highlight a structural element that is exclusive to verses, and in the prose text, show a typically prosaic characteristic that distinguishes it from verse.