This is an analysis of the poem Canto Segundo that begins with:
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Dorme! ao colo do amor, pálido amante,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XbXXXbXX X bcXXXXXX X XbXXXbXX X cXXXXXXX a bXbXXXXX a XXXXXXXX X bXXXbbXX X XXXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 111011010010 1001001110 1110110011 110111100100 10011100 11011011010 1101101100 1101101100110 1 110001010110 010010011010 11100110110 101111101000 11110011 11011101100 11100101011 111100100100 1 11001111011010 1101011111010 110100101100 1111100100 111010101100 10101010110 1001001010 1010010111 1 110011011101 11101101100 110110011101 111011001010 010111111 10010101010 110001101100 11110101000 1 0101101110 1001000101 111001100010 1010111010 1011011101 0100101110 0100111110 110111110 1 1100010100 101010111100 11011011010 10111011100 11010110100 11011101111100 11001101100 1110111100 1 11010110010 11010100010 1110101000 011100100 10010110010010 010011011010 1101110010 101101010010 1 01101001100 1010110100 1001001100 1010010110100
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, s are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, que, are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases flores, connect the lines.
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- summary of Canto Segundo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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