This is an analysis of the poem Poemas Malditos V that begins with:

Caiu a noite, do azulado manto,
Como gotas de orvalho, sacudindo ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXXaX a XX X aXXXX a bcXX XXXXX a bXXXX X X XXXX aXXXX XbXXXXXXXXXXXX XXaX XXXX X XXbaX acXXXXXXXX X XXXXaaaXXXXXXXXXXXbX XXXX XXX aXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,1,2,1,5,1,4,5,1,5,1,1,4,5,14,4,4,1,5,10,1,20,4,3,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100010 101001001000 10010001010 100010011100 1001101000 10011100100 101010100110 11101100100110 1101011100 100010111110 0100101100 1011101010010 101001110100 010 1101010101011 11001000 10 10010 10011010100 111010101100 11101011010 1010100011100 010 11011100110 1001010111 11111111100 1101111011 10100100110 10100111110 110111011000 101011111110 1010110010100 010 1011010010 101010011011 110110111000 11010101100 1010010 11111 110000 1000101101 11011001001 10011101110 1000010011 1010010110 11000100100 010010110100 1110100110 1011001110 110011011100 1011111110 10100101001 11101101110111 101001011010 10111101000 11100010100 11110010100 1110110110 111010011000 111111011100 111101101 1101010100 1100110 1100100010010 10011010011 101101000010 010111101 100 10110101100 110111010110 1011010 110000 110110 1111101100 110111010 1101110110010 10110 110010 100110111 1000100111100 10110101 110100100100 1110011100 11011100100 10111111100 01011011011 101110111110 110000 11110101001000 1110111100 110100011111 1010001010 1110011110 11011011000010 10101011111110 11000111000 01111011100 1010101110100 111101111010 10100101010 0101110100110 10011010011 100101001100 110110011100 1011010100 111111001 10111100110 101100 111 1001011111 1011110100 110110100 10101101001 101011001 1010010110 0101010010 101100101110 10110100100 10101111000 1001111010 10010111000 10010001110 10111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 123
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; o, e, eu, te, n, que, um, de, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words derrama, o, tu are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Poemas Malditos V;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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