This is an analysis of the poem Quando, À Noite, No Leito Perfumado that begins with:

Quando, à noite, no leito perfumado
Lânguida fronte no sonhar reclinas,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXa XXXX XXXX
  • 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: 1011101000 101110100 1101100111100 10010110100 1101110010000 1011001110 11110010100 1101001110 101110110010 11011110000 111011011100 10111001010 1100101110 1110111000100 110111011110 111111000010 11010011011 101001101000 10001010111 1111101000 111001101000 110101010 10100100110 11010001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, o, de are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Quando, À Noite, No Leito Perfumado;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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