This is an analysis of the poem O Hóspede that begins with:

Choro por ver que os dias passam breves
E te esqueces de mim quando tu fores...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 70,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111101010 111000110110 101101101010 1110101111 10010 1110001110 1100101100 1110111000 1110110110 101010110010 101110110 010100101100 1010110110 11001100100 10100101000 1010010011 10110011110 01100110010 11110001000 1101011010 10010101100 1011010100 1001111100 11100010100 10100110100 1110001110 10100100010 10110110011000 111001111100 1101101100 1010011100 10010011101100 11111011100 111100100010 1110001110000 11011010110 10101001100 10100101010 1101101000 0100110011010 11001001100 1110101110 100100101100 010011011000 10010101100 1110111100 11101110110 110010101100 111001100110 10101110100 111100111 110011010100 1101011100 11011011100 10001100110 1001110111 1010001011110 10011101010 110110010010 0100111010100 10101101100 110110010100 11011101001110 111010001100 11101100100 110011011011 1001110101100 11101111000 110011011000 1100100101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2561
  • Average number of words per stanza: 487
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; o, que, e are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, que, e are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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