This is an analysis of the poem Jesuítas that begins with:

Quando o vento da Fé soprava Europa,
Como o tufão, que impele ao ar a tropa...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbXXXXXXaXbXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXccXX XXXccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011100010 1011011011010 1111001100 1100100100 1101100100 110110 11101001000 11110011010 10011 1001111110 11000101110 101001 110111010 01011100100 11001 100110110100 1101001010 11011 1101001110 010110101100 10111011 111100010111 11110110011 100110 1010100100 10101111100 111110 1011101011010 101110101100 11110 101011001000 11110110110 1110101 1000110110 01011001110 11101 10101110110 1001111100 111100 11010101011 1110001000011 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 662
  • Average number of words per stanza: 132
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, na, ao, s, um are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words os, e are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Jesuítas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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