This is an analysis of the poem Insônia that begins with:
Noite. Da Mágoa o espírito noctâmbulo
Passou de certo por aqui chorando!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXX Xbba XXbX XXXX XXXX bXXX XXaX XXXb XXXb XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111100100 10010110100 1011111100 100100100 11101010100 111001111100 1011011011000 1010001110010 111110011000 1111011010 1011011000 101011010100 01001101010 101010110 0100110110 1110101010 1010110100 11110110100 1100110001010 1101011110 1111011011110 10010000110 111010101100 11100110100 11101101010 1111100110011 1111001100 1000010110 1110110000010 1101010010 11101001000 11101010100 100101010100 100011001000 1100111010 100100010011100 10101100 110010100101 11000111010 1100010110 1110000111100 100101001100 1101001001000 110101001110 110110001110 100011001100 101101110 10011001010 100100110110 1001101101100 1101111100 1001011110 11100101000100 100101001100 1001010100 11000111110 10111100 101011001100 1111100110100 1011101000 1011010110 110101011100 10001110110 11100100100
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 79
- 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:
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; mbulo, son, m, que, o are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cio is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Insônia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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