This is an analysis of the poem Invocação that begins with:

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Alma de fogo, coração de lavas,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXXXXXX X XXXX X XXXaXXXBXXXXcXbXXB X XXXXX X XXXXXcXXXaXdXdXXXXXXXX X aXcXXXXX X XXXdXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,4,1,18,1,5,1,22,1,8,1,20,1,18,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1001010010 100010010010 1010110100 110010011000 1101001100 101001010 11101100010 1 11010010100 1001110111110 1100100110 1001111010100 1 0101000110 10110110110 1010101100110 01110110111 1100110110 1101101000 10110111110 11010 11010001010 1100110110100 110101010010011 110101100100 1111101010 1011010001 110000111110 111011010100 1010011010 11010 1 0111011011 010010001110 10111010100 111101101100 100111010 1 111110010010 11110 1111010110 1110110 1101110111 1011101110 1101011010 1011011 11110011100 1100101 101110011010 10101 1100110011010 1101011 111011101100 11111011 11010010110100 1000010 011110011 111000 11001111111100 1101100 1 1101110001 0110000 110110100110 1110110 11110101 1011 1101100011110 1100110 1 110011101100 1101100 111100110 11111 110110101110 1011010 1101001101100 010010 1011011011 1100100 110011011010 111000 1101100111010 110010 111100101010101 10011110 11010111101 11001110 1110010110 10110 1 1110110100101 0101110 10111011011100 111110011110001100 10110110 111101001111110 1110010 11110110100 11100 1011110010 1011111101100 11100 1111101110 010100 1110101101000 101011010 111100100100 1100100 1 11101001100 1101000 11011111111 1000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 115
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; de, o are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words foste, foi, o, e are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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