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

O pobre leito meu desfeito ainda
A febre aponta da noturna insônia....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110010 01100110010 101001100 11101000110 1010001111 111010101 101010010000 101010001010 111001100110010 1100011010 1101111100 110010111001 1101010110110 11011110001 1100101100 11001110111000 1110011010 10100100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 642
  • Average number of words per stanza: 130
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; em, me are repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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