This is an analysis of the poem Página Rota that begins with:

Meu pobre coração que estremecias,
Suspira a desmaiar no peito meu:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011000 1000101101 10110101110 1001101 1011110111000 111011010 1101101000 100110 1111011111000 1110011110 11111101100 11010 1110100110100 1110011110 111000101110 11010 101100110100 1101011000 10010001110 10100100 10110101100 10100101100 1011101100 110010 1010111010 110100001100 111111000 1001110 11001110100 110110011100 111010010 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

    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; o, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word se is repeated.

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

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

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