This is an analysis of the poem Festival that begins with:

Címbalos soam no salão. O dia
Foge, e ao compasso de arrabis serenos...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101110110 1111000100100 01011100010 111001100 100001010 1010010100 10001000010 110010011 10110110100 11010110100 101010110010 1111100101100 101001101100 010001011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 35
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; e is repeated.

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

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

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

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