This is an analysis of the poem Noite De Insônia that begins with:

Este leito que é o meu, que é o teu, que é o nosso leito,
Onde este grande amor floriu, sincero e justo,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XaXX 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: 110111111111010 1111010100110 110010111010110 10101001101010 110100110010100 110101111110 1101110011100100 10111011100100 10111000011110 11000110110100 100100011001110 1110101010011 1011110110100 11010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; o, e, que, ambos are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Noite De Insônia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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