This is an analysis of the poem A Flor E Fonte that begins with:

'Deixa-me, fonte!', Dizia
A flor, tonta de terror....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
  • Сlosest stanza type:
  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, e, leves, o are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase corria connects the lines.

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  • summary of A Flor E Fonte;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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