This is an analysis of the poem A Dança Da Psiquê that begins with:

A dança dos encéfalos acesos
Começa. A carne é fogo. A alma arde. A espaços ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aaX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101100100 1001100101010 1101111111 1001001010010 101010110010 10100000110 100110001100 101101001000 1000010010 1110100110 110100010 10011111000 110110101000 100011001011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; os, as are repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Dança Da Psiquê;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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