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

Fragmento.
La chaise ou je m'assieds, la natte ou je me couche,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XX XX X XXXXXaXaXaXXbXXbXXXXXaXXXXXXXX X XXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,1,30,1,36,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 11111101111111 1101111 1110111110 1101110111 01101111000 10011 1 10110110010 1110101100 11001101001 1001011111110 11010100100 11101110110 10010111110100 1110010011110 111011010100 1001111100 1001001010 1100011011010 11100011010 11010011100 10111100110 1100110110 10110011000 1111010100 1010111001 1111100100 1011010111010 111001100110110 10100110110100 1001001110100 110010010000 110010011100 10110010010 111011001110 1101011010 11110011100 1 10111001100 1011100110 1101011010 0110000100100 11010011010 11010100100 110101011100 1001001010 110110101100 111011100010 100101110 011011111100 11000101010 10100101011 10110101000 10101110110 100110111000 10101010000 110010011100 01011100010 10101011010 101010010100 10011011010 1100011010100 1110111100 10011100100 11100110100 1011011000110 10100111100100 1100100111100 010100100110 11010011101 11010001100 1011100011100 1101010001 11000101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 549
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; la, ou, je, de, amor, deus, se, o, um are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words la, mes, se are repeated.

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

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