This is an analysis of the poem Segunda Impaciência Do Poeta that begins with:

Cresce o desejo, falta o sofrimento,
Sofrendo morro, morro desejando,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111001011000 10010101000 110110110100 11011001100 111010011000 011110110000 11011010100 11101110000 110100100110 11100111000 101011011000 11110110011100 10111010110 110010101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 29
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Segunda Impaciência Do Poeta;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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