This is an analysis of the poem Horas De Saudade that begins with:

Tudo vem me lembrar que tu fugiste,
Tudo que me rodeia de ti fala....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101110 1011100110 1001000111001 11011000100 10101001100 1010011100 101010001001 0111001101 11010101000 1011101000 1010110110 111101100 11111010110 11001101100 0100101000 111010001010 110101001000 110101110010 1001001011010 11001011100 110110110 1011100110 10110110110 1010010100 1101011010000 100110011000 111010010010100 10111111001110 111011011011 1101101110 11001001100110 1011001110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; que is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Horas De Saudade;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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