This is an analysis of the poem Prometeu that begins with:
Inda arrogante e forte, o olhar no sol cravado,
Sublime no sofrer, vencido — não domado,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXabXcXXXXXaXdXXXccXcbXXXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001111011100 011101001100 110100100100 110011011011 101101011100111 0111100110110 1111111010110100 11100011100110 100011101010 10010011001010 1110101101001 11010110110111 010110110110100 10100111101000 110101001011110 10100110100 1110100110010 11101001000100 1010010101011 11001101110100 1010100101100 11110001100100 1011101011 110110110111 101100110010 1001011001001110 1100110100100 11011101001 111100100100 1011011101000 01011011011 11000110110100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1427
- Average number of words per stanza: 277
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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, e, povo are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines o is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Prometeu;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
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