This is an analysis of the poem Fábula - O Pássaro E A Flor that begins with:

Era num dia sombrio
Quando um pássaro erradio...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXX aXXXXX XaXXXX XXXaaX aXXXXX XXXXXX XXbaaX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXaXX bbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 10110100 110110 01001010 1111100 1110100010 11010010 11001000 1100010 111110 10110001 10110010 1011010110 101000010 1110101 11101000 1110010 1101001 10110010 110110 110110 11010110 11000110 111101 110010110 10010001 1100101 110010100 1111010 111010 10011100 10101000 10111010 101110 1101010 11100110 1011011 1111010 10101110 111111010 101100100 1101100 101100100 11000100 01010100 10110110 1110110 101011 1110110 10110111 1010010 11011100 11011000 1110110 1010110 11000101000 110110 101010 01010010 110001 11110100 101101000 010110 1010010 01010000 11110 110111 100101111 11111100 11011100 11011100 11110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; sem, as, tu, eu are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words como, vou, , sem, eu are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cio, , rios are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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  • summary of Fábula - O Pássaro E A Flor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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