This is an analysis of the poem Fragmento De Um Canto Em Cordas De Bronze that begins with:

Deixai que o pranto esse palor me queime,
Deixai que as fibras que estalaram dores ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011011 1011101100010 110010110 0101110100 1100100010 1011100110110 1010001010 11010100 1011111010 100010001110 10011011100 0101110100 1100110100 01010011100 11010110001 11010010 10101010 1011100110 1111110110 10011001010 11010101110 1100101010100 010110110110 1100110 1111011100 111011001100 10110011011 0101110100 11110111100 110001100011 10111001010 11011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 211
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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 are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Fragmento De Um Canto Em Cordas De Bronze;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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