This is an analysis of the poem O Século that begins with:
O séc'lo é grande... No espaço
Há um drama de treva e luz....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXbXXXXXaXXXcXXdXXXXXXXXXeXXXXdXbXXXXXXXXXXffXXaXXXXgXXXXcXXXXhXXXXgXgeeXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXdXhXXXdaXXXXXXXXfaXXfXbXXXXXXXXXhaXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 130,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 111001011 101110100 101111 1101001000 1001101000 110111 10010110 1111000 1110011 11010110 1010010 1110110 11101001 101010110 11101100 110011 111011100 1110100 100110110 101100100 1101001 111101100 111110 110011000 1001101100 10111001 10111100 11101000 1111101 1011100 11001000 110110 00101100 10100110 101001110 11110011 1101010110 11100110 111001011 1100101101 11011 10110100 10101 1010100 10001000 1011010 10110100010 11101110 11110110 101011110 1100011 01100100 1001010 100100 0101100 11010110 101100100 11101100 1101000 01010110 11001001 1100100010 1100010 1011010 10101000 1100111 11101110 1111110 1111001100 110101110 101010 01100110 101010 10110101 1111011 10010010 11011110 111111000 1110100 1101110 1101111 1111000 1100110 11001100 1100011110 1101100 11110000 1010100 0100100 110101100 100110 10101100 10010 10011010 11110110 11101100 110101110100 1100010100 0101110 1110101011 10101010 111011000 11011010 10010010 11010010 1101101 11110110 111001100 110101 111110110 1111101 01010110 1101101 11101010 11001000 111011011 1011111100 11101100 1011010110 101110100 11111 11110010 111110 1111011 1011110 110110 1110110 1001010 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3478
- Average number of words per stanza: 690
- Amount of lines: 130
- 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:
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.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, se are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, que are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines a, bulos, ria are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase a connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of O Século;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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