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

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Cavaleiro das armas escuras,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXX X XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,3,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1000110100 111010100 1001010011 110110100 110011100 10101110 1000111100 110110110 11001110 110101000110 1100101100 1101110011 111010100 1000110100 1000110110 1100110100 1101101000 11100100100 100011110 111011110 1011000010 1100 1110011000 11110100 1100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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:

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

    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; as is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rio is repeated).

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  • summary of Meu Sonho;
  • central theme;
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