This is an analysis of the poem A Minha Resolução that begins with:

O que fazes, ó minh'alma!
Coração, por que te agitas?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXAXXXX XXXXXXXb XXXAXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXAXXXX XXXXXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100 10111100 1011100 11100111 1110110100 110010100 1011100 101010 110101 1010100 111101000 1111010 1111001010 1111011 10101010 1101010 1110011 10111100 1011100 11100111 1110110100 110010100 1011100 101010 10100101 1101000 1111100 1010110 11110001010 1101100 10110100 110100 11100110 10111100 1011100 11100111 1110110100 110010100 1011100 101010 100100110 11100100 1111010100 1001110 101110010 100101000 101010010 10101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, que, por are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word cora is repeated.

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  • summary of A Minha Resolução;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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