This is an analysis of the poem Anima Mea that begins with:
Quando nas sestas do verão saudoso
A sombra cai nos laranjais do vale,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXX XaXXXXXaXbXXa XXcXXXXX XXXdXaXXdXX bXXXb XaaXXXX XXXaXbX XXXXXXXbXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXcXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,13,8,11,5,7,7,10,8,8,9,7,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110110100 0101110011 1110100111100 11110100010 1010100011100 11011000100 1010110100 1110100011100 110100110010 11101010100 0110011010 11110111010 101101001100 1101101010 110110110 1001101100 11000101010 11001010110 10111100010 101110010000 11100111000 111101110 1011001 110011010000 110010010011 10001111000 1001101000 1101100100 11100111110 011101100 1001010000 01010110110 010100110 1000111001 111010001100 11010111010 110110110110 11001110011 11010001001 110110101010 11110010100 11111101110 101100100 10110011010 10010110010 110100001110 1011101100 101101110 11101011010 1011010110 1010110100 1111001011 1110111100 101010110 1101101000 1001010011100 110011110 1011010110 1010011110 11110110100 11110100 101100101100 111000100010 111001010011 11010101000 10011001000 110100101100 1101010110 11100101101000 01010010110110 01110110 100001001111000 1101101110 1110100110 11010011000 1101000100 1101011001100 1101101100 11111101000 0100011010 1001100100110 1010001000 110010101110 10010110110 1011101100110 110110110100 111011100 101100110100 11010111011 1101101101000 101001001100 11101010 10100101000 11101010011 11111010100 1011101111110 110110100 101101110 1110101011100 110001001110 100100111000 111101100110 101110100 10101100100 1011101010 11100110010 10111000100 1111011000 111010110 10111011110 110110101000 010011011110 100100101000 1101101011 10110011100 110101001010011
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 116
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; o, que, de, no, um, da are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ningu, e are repeated.
The author used the same word e at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase cantos connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Anima Mea;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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