This is an analysis of the poem Ubi Troia Fuit that begins with:

Eu queria que tu perdesses a beleza e ficasses,
não a estátua mutilada que liberta e amplia o êxtase,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXX XXaXXaa aX bXXXXXaXXXXX XXXbXaXX XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,7,2,12,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110001001100 10101000110011011 101000011100 0110001100100 1000110 1101110010 111011010 1000111010001 1110 110100010001100 1110011011100001100 1101101101110010 11101110 10001011 101001101000 1101000010010 1111001001110 010001010001100 10110101001001 100001001100 01010001011011 100101000 100010100110 01100010110010 11110010010 1000110 1101010001000 1010110011001 100100011000 1011011100 111100100 1100110100001100 10000010100110 11000110001010000 101010 1100110001000010 1001000 111100100 1010111 1100011000010 1000100 01010110111001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; o, homens, eu, de are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Ubi Troia Fuit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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