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

Nimbos de bronze que empanais escuros
O santuário azul da Natureza,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaa 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: 10011100100 11001011000 10110101000 11001011100 100011010000 10111000100 110101000110 11011001010 1101110110 1010011100 101010110100 111100101100 101010010110 11111101101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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