This is an analysis of the poem As Duas Ilhas that begins with:
Quando à noite — às horas mortas —
O silêncio e a solidão...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXXXXXbXXcXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdXXXXXXXXXXXXXdXXXXXXXXXXXaXcXXXXXXXXXbXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 80,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010 11010100 111011000 1011100 11111011 10011011 1100010 10011110 1001010 110110 111101000 10110011 11100100 110101 10000010 10101011000 10101011 101001000 100010100 101010 1110100 1111010 11001110 1100100 1011010 1101001100 11111 10110110 10100100 1010010 11011100 110010 11010100 1001101 110011 11011100 11111110 10110100 10101010 10011110 110110100 110111 10101100100 11101 1111001000 11001000 100110 11110100 11011110100 1101001 1010100 11101101 11010010 1101010 111010100 101100100 101011 101110010 11010010100 11011100 10110101 10101101 1110100 1101011 1010111 101001100 10011010 1101001100 1100100110 11011110 110011010 1011010 11000010 11001101 11111100 11111110 11101001 10001000 100110000 111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2179
- Average number of words per stanza: 419
- Amount of lines: 80
- 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, s are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words e, ali, s, mais, n are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of As Duas Ilhas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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