This is an analysis of the poem Tenho Frio E Ardo Em Febre! that begins with:

Tenho frio e ardo em febre!
O amor me acalma e endouda! O amor me eleva e abate! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XaXX XbXb aXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011 110110011001101100101 11111011101 1100110010 11110010 11001101101110 1111010010010 101111010110 110110010 110010111101100 110110001100 101001000110 10110010 1101011101001010 1110111011100 10110110100 1101001 101111110011100110 1111100110001 111001011100 101110010 101100101011110 11001000110 1111110101111010 111011010 10111110100010 1110110011100 1011001000010 1101011010 110010110010 1110110010100 111001000100 1101011010 100100101110101 11011110100 01001010101 1001100 10101001100100 11011010100 10110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; que, me, e, o, de are repeated.

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

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

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