This is an analysis of the poem O Poema De Um Louco that begins with:

Foi poeta: cantou, e o estro em fogo
Crestou-lhe o peito, devorou seus dias ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXXXXXXXX aXXXX XXXXXXXbX XXXXXXaXX XXX XXXbXXXXXb XaXXX XXXaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,5,9,9,3,10,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101110110 101110100110 10110100101 11011100100 1101010010 10110111011 11010110011 111010110010 011100011000 10110011000 10101010110 1101001010 110100110010 10011111010 10110100110010 11010011100 111001011100 10110100111010 111011001010 10101011010 1000010100110 11010101110 11110100110 101000 101110 10111101010 11001110101 11111100110 11011010110 11101101 1010010011 1011011011110 1110110001 1010010111 10011010110 0101011110 1010011010 101101101100 11111011110 111110101010 111101001100 110111101100 1101011010 1110011011101 10111011100110 1011110010 1011010101011 11011110110 1100111100 10011101111 11011011100 101101010110 1001001001 1100110110110 11010100110 11101001101 10011111100 10110010110 11001000110 11010001100 1011011010 11001101100 110010110010 1001110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; em, foi, e, que, o, n, m are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words foi, e at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of O Poema De Um Louco;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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