This is an analysis of the poem Vento Noturno that begins with:

Volúpia do vento noturno,
do vento que vem das montanhas e das ondas,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXX XXXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,5,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10110100 1101111001110 11011001101101100 01001100111010 11010011011100 1111011110 10110100110100 1011011001011 10111011011000 101001001011100 1011010110 100001001000 101100101000 01011001100110 101101001101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, vento, das are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, quando are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Vento Noturno;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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