This is an analysis of the poem Meu Desejo that begins with:

Meu desejo? era ser a luva branca
Que essa tua gentil mãozinha aperta:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXa XXaX XXXX XXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010101010 110110100100 010110111 110111111100 110010111000 11100111100 010001101100 11001110110 110010111000 11101101110 10011001010 10111101110 110010111100 1110111010 1111001000111 11010010111 11001011110 01011011000 1110111100 1011001101000 110010101110 11100111010 110101101100 1101000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; que, o, as are 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 Meu Desejo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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