This is an analysis of the poem Idéias Íntimas Vii that begins with:

Em frente do meu leito, em negro quadro
A minha amante dorme. É uma estampa ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011010 010010110100 01010000011 101100110100 0101000100 11 1101110011 1101001100 1101000010 10101001100 1101100100 110101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Idéias Íntimas Vii;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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