This is an analysis of the poem Ofélia that begins with:

Num recesso da selva ínvia e sombria,
Estrelada de flores, vicejante, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11001101110 1000011100 11101010100 10011101 01010010110 1000110101 100110110 1001001000010 101111110 10010110110 110011001010 11010101100 111111010010 111110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 503
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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