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

Meu Deus! se às vezes, na passada vida,
Eu tive sensações que emudeciam...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXaXXXXXX XXXXXXX aXXXXX XXXaXXXaXXX XXaXXXXXXX XBXXXaXXXXXB XXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,12,7,6,11,10,12,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110110010 111011000 10100111110 110100101100 1110101110 11011001001 110101011000 11011001010 110010101000 101001001 101010110 11001011100 1100011010100 1011011100 1010101000 100100110100 1111001101010 11101101000 10001101000 10100010010 1101001101100 101100010 101001010000 11101101101 110001010100 1111100100 11110110111100 10010011000 101101110 11010010110 110101000 10110110000 10110100100 111100111100010 01010011010 11100010100 11000010100 10110011000 101101101110 111010100 1100111010 1010011010 11010010110 11110010100 10101101110 110111011000 100011101110 1101101000 110010111100 11010110100 111011100 110010011010 11101110110 1101010010 111010100 1111101010 110001101001 111101010100 1010111100 101101110 1010010110100 10111011010 11100100011 0101011000 1110110100 11001101010 1010110111 1111011010 0101000110 1011011100 101001110100 10111011010 100101011000 11011010110 11111011000 11110111110 1011011010 1111000011010 11100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; que, de, pobre, o are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words foi, que are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word divina at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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