This is an analysis of the poem Vozes D'África that begins with:

Deus! ó Deus! onde estás que não respondes?
Em que mundo, em qu'estrela tu t'escondes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXbXcXdXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXabbXXXXdXX XXeXdeXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXfXXXcXXXXXXXXfdXcXXcXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,72,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111100 1110110001100 10011 11110110110 110110111000 11101 110011100110 1100110100 10001 110111110 101001010010 111011 110010001100 10100101000 11110 101001001100 10110110100 111010 1011101100 1011101000 11110 11101101000 100111000100 1101100 11011101100 1000101001 100010 010010011100 11011101110 100100 001010100100 01010011000 1011 10010110110 10011100010 100101 101011110 10101101101 1001010 100011010010 1100110100 11100 11101110000 111101000 10010111 11101011001010 10111101010 110011 111010100100 10101111010 1111000 101011001100 10110110010 100110 1010101100110 1001011011 110010 1011011010000 1101110100 11101001 1111100110 111010100 111101 1111111010010 100010010010 1001101 01011001000 110010100 110011 1100100010 11100100100 11010 1101001110 11101001000 0100110 1111101101 110010110110 11100 110110110 101010100 10110 111110001000 1111001010 101101 1110110110 11100100010 110010 11010110110 11110010110 11010 10101001100 11101010100 10010 101101100 101010010000 100010 1110101110 111100101 0100100 1011110100 11010011000 1101010 11110100111 101100011110 1111000 101011111100 1011110100 100110 101001101 1101101110 101111 11110110110 1001101111000 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3647
  • Average number of words per stanza: 672
  • Amount of lines: 115
  • 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.

    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, s, de, que are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Vozes D'África;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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