This is an analysis of the poem A Idéia that begins with:

De onde ela vem?! De que matéria bruta
Vem essa luz que sobre as nebulosas ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX 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: 01101011010 11011111000 10100101000 101100001010 111000011010 110100100 11100010000 1000110111000 111001001010 101100110110 101101000 1001010010100 10101110100 1100111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

    The author used the same word vem at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word tica at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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