This is an analysis of the poem Amor E Medo that begins with:

Quando eu te vejo e me desvio cauto
Da luz de fogo que te cerca, ó bela,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXbX aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa bXXb XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110111010 11010111010 100101000100 11110110100 10110011010 1111000110100 1111101110010 11011110110 10100101010 11110110110 11010110110 11010010100 1111111000110 011010110011 11101011110 111000110 111011111 110110100010 10011010010 01010111010 1111000100110 100111011010 11100110010 1101001010 01000111100110 1000101100110 10110100100 10100010100 11111110110 011011011 100001110010 101001101 111111101010 11100100001 101001101 111010011 111111110001 11110100110 100100100100 100010100110 111001100010 11010110110 11100010100 1010111010 11010111000100 101100110100 110001110100 11011110010 100101100110 100100111100 1110110010 10100011110 10100110100 1010010111100 11000111010 11101000110 1111010010 11011110100 11011011100110 11011110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; que, te, das, de, me, o are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word das is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Amor E Medo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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