This is an analysis of the poem Ossa Mea that begins with:
Mãos de finada, aquelas mãos de neve,
De tons marfíneos, de ossatura rica, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX XXXb XXX XXX
- 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: 10100100101 01100100010 100111101011 11010011100 1011111011110 1011011001000 1110011101 11010111010 1010001011010 10011110100 10110111010 1011001110010 1010010100 100110110100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; de, m, que, os are repeated.
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More information about poems by Alphonsus de Guimaraens
- Analysis of Como Se Moço E Não Bem Velho Eu Fosse
- Analysis of Cisnes Brancos
- Analysis of À Meia- Noite
