This is an analysis of the poem Uma Criatura that begins with:

Sei de uma criatura antiga e formidável,
Que a si mesma devora os membros e as entranhas,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XXX aXX XaX XXX XXX XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101001001100 1011010011011100 101000111000 1001001111100 111111101000100 10011101100100 11001111001000 10101101001100 101010001010100 10100110001110 101100101011 1111011011100 10101101001010 1100110100010 101010110100 1111001110010 101011011011100 1001101100010 11010001110010 1011111101110 1110111010 10010101100111000 101100101010 110010011001000 111011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; e, o are repeated.

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

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