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

Ela dormia... Sobre o alvor do leito
Desenhava-se, esplêndida miragem,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XXX aaX aXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110110 100011100100 110101000100 10001101100 111001000 100101101100 1011001110000 1110110100 1011001111000 101110100110 001010011000010 101101011100 11010100010 111011010 101010100110110 110110110 1010011001 1001010000 10111100010 1111100101100 101010110 100110111100 110001101000 101011100100 111010100100 1011110100 1100101111000 11001001000 11011110100 10010100010 1100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e is repeated.

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

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

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