This is an analysis of the poem Ao Diário Ilustrado that begins with:

Era um deboche enorme, era um festim devasso!
No palácio real brilhava a infame orgia...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXaXXX bXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101010110100 110110001010 11101011011 101100101110010 10110101001000 10110001101100 1111100111000 110011101000 1100101101101000 10010001101000 11100111100010 1010001100110 100110111110 11001111100 111111011010 10110011010000 10001001000100 11011011110100 101000010100 1110001101110 1101101001010 010101101000 100110111100 11100010110100 1011010110010 111010100110100 1101101110 11101101101000 10010110111100 1011001001001100 010101100110 11111010100 11110001010100 101111001101100 110110110 1001001011000 100110001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 783
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; era, o, os, e are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase o connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Ao Diário Ilustrado;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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