This is an analysis of the poem O Fantasma E A Canção that begins with:

Orgulho! desce os olhos dos céus
sobre ti mesmo, e vê como os nomes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXaXbXcdXXXXXXXXXeXXXXXXdXXXXcXXXXXXXeXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXdXXdXXcXXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 75,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111011 11101110110 11000111110010 10 10 111110 11110110 1100100 10101011 111111000 10111010 1011111 1111011 10001110 1001010 1011110100 01010110 1011110 110010 11111000 1101010 1010100 100010100 11001110 110101 1010101 1100110 111011100 100111 1101000 11001010 1101110 100100010 101011010 1110001 100110110 101100 1001110 111010 111110 11010010 11110 1111010 101010100 1001100 1010101100 11010011 11100010100 110110 11010100 110110100 1001101 11011000 11100101100 11101101 10110100 1001100 11001100 1110111 1101000 10110000 100111 110010100 11010110 1101101 10010110 11011100 101011010 1011100 101101000 1011010100 11110011 010010100 1010110 10100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1999
  • Average number of words per stanza: 380
  • Amount of lines: 75
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words quem, chamo, nas, ltimo are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines vel is repeated).

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  • summary of O Fantasma E A Canção;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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