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

Meu pobre leito! eu amo?te contudo!
Aqui levei sonhando noite belas...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa XXXXXXXXXXXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110100 1010100110 11010100100 10010010100 1001101100 110100101 11010011010 10101011100 1101011100 10110100110 1100001011010 11011101000 10011011010 101010111000 10101011000 11001001100 1101111100 110111111 1100110100 1100101100 11101001110 11000010111000 100001011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; que is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word meu at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Idéias Íntimas X;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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