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

Profeta escarnecido pelas turbas
Disse-lhes rindo — adeus!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100001010 111010 11001100100 010011 11100011100 101111100 11001101100 110110 110100100010 10001010 10010100100100 1101010 111110001100 101110 110001010000 111000 10100110010 110100 100110111100 1001100 1101100100 01011100 10010101010 10010 10011100 1100110 111001000 1110110 010011100 110101100 101010 1111100 10011100 1001011 110101110 10001010 1100110 1111000 111100 1011100 10110100 101010001 111001 0101 0101100 1001101 0101100 10010011 110010111100 1001000 1011001101000 10100100 10111111000 1000010 1001011101110 11100100 1011100011010 1111000 110111001000 1101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

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

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

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