This is an analysis of the poem A Obsessão Do Sangue that begins with:
Acordou, vendo sangue... — Horrível! O osso
Frontal em fogo... Ia talvez morrer, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbX XXaX XXb aXX
- 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: 10010110110 10110101010 1101111001001 11001101 10011111110110 1111000100 1010011010 011110010 101011010000 1100011000010 110100101 110111010010 1100000100 10010101000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word viu is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word o at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Obsessão Do Sangue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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