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

Fora, na vasta noute, um vento de procela
Erra, aos saltos, uivando, em rajadas e em fúria; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XXX aXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011011100100 101101001100111 1110010101010 101001001101100 1100011100100 10101101000110 11000011010000 10010101000110 111110111000 1101101000100 1001010011100 11110111001110 10100110100010 110010100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; de is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ria is repeated).

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

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