This is an analysis of the poem Fantasia that begins with:

À noite sonhei contigo...
E o sonho cruel maldigo...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX aXXaXX XbXXXX XXXXXX XXXcXX aXdXXX XXcXaX XXXXXX dXdbXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100 111010100 11110010 101000110 110100111100 1011100 1100110 1111000 111011100 11101000 1111000 11110010 111100100 111010000 1000100 101011010 1101010 1101100 1101110 1110011 10111 110010 1101110 1100111 1101100100 111110 10000100 100110010 10100100 1110100 1101000 100110010 10101110 101010 10110110 0111010 1001110 1100100 1110110 1110111000 1101100 1110010 1101100 10110100 1001110 101001 11101110 1010010 11010110 11100100 10100011 1110000 10010100 111110 11110100 1100100 10011011 11100100 11100010 0110110 111110100 1011100 1001101 11010100 10101000 1011011011 110011 11000100 1010001 111001100 11010110 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; os is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines os, rio are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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