Text interpretation activity, suitable for students in the fourth or fifth year of elementary school, based on the fragment of the poem “Portuguese Sea”.
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O salty sea, how much of your salt
They are tears from Portugal!
For crossing you, how many mothers cried,
How many children prayed in vain!
How many brides remained unmarried
That you should be ours, oh sea!
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Fernando Pessoa
After reading this excerpt from Fernando Pessoa's poem and answer:
1) What is the title of the text?
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2) Who is the author?
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3) What did the author mean in this excerpt “…how much of your salt are tears from Portugal!…”?.
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4) What happened to brides?
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5) According to the poem, what do the sea and tears have in common?
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6) What part of the poem makes it clear that the author is Portuguese?
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7) Write down the words that rhyme.
8) Make an illustration of the poem
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