This is an analysis of the poem O Vôo Do Gênio that begins with:

Um dia em que na terra a sós vagava
Pela estrada sombria da existência,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXbXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXbXXXbXXXaXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111001100 10010101100 11011011000 11100101110 101100110010 11100101 10111100101 1101001001 11101110100 11110110110 10100111010 101111001 1111111111 111101101110 101001100110 110111100 111011110 1110110111 10101111100 1001010110 111110111000 111111111100 10010010100110 1001100010011 10010011010 1101100100 1111001100 11011011110 10101010010 1110110011100 10100101100 1011111010 1110110100 11011101000 11011001000 1011001011011 1010111011 10101010100 1100111110 1111011101 1010101010 0101001011000 010101100010 011100111111 10001011111 10101100010 10110011010 10010110001 111011110 011010100110 1110110010100 110010110010 10110110100 111101110 10111110 10111101110 1101100100 111001000 101011001100 110000101 1010101110 101010101000 11101011100 110101010 1110010110 11011001000 11100101000 1110011110 100100101100 10011011010 111101110 111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2666
  • Average number of words per stanza: 545
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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, me, e, j are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sem, e, onde, quero, a, mas are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ncia, ', lia are repeated).

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

  • summary of O Vôo Do Gênio;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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