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

Para as Estrelas de cristais gelados
As ânsias e os desejos vão subindo, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX aaX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101100010100 111110011100 100101100100 010100100100 1100010100 1100110100 10110110100 110010100100 11010001 101001001011 10100010100 111111001000 1111100100010 11000111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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