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

Quando o astro do dia desmaia
Só brilhando com pálido lume,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1011011010 11001101 1101011011 110100110 1001011100 101110110 110111100 101010111000 101111110 110011010 1111011110 10101010100 10010110100 100110011 11000101000 1010111000 1011110100 10110110100 11001010100 11001101010 1010101010 101010011100 11110010100 110010100 1011111000 110110100 11101101000 10101111100 1001100100 1110101100 10110101000 1110110100 1110110100 110100110 1010010100 11001010 110100101000 110011100 101101100 11101001000 11010110100 11001111100 11011100100 101110100 1100101010100 0100111011 10010100100 1001100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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