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

Aos Anos do Meu Prezado Diretor
Mancebos! De mil louros triunfantes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX aXXXXXXaXbXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100100 1000110100 100111100 110111110 10101001100 1001001000 11010011010 1010111100 1111001100 1101101111 11101101000 1011101 101110011100 11010110110 1101011000 101010010010 1111001010 100010110 101010110 1110111010 11101100110 1101101100 100011010110 1111010110 11000111010 1010010111 111101011100 111111111 11001011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1057
  • Average number of words per stanza: 206
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; o, os are repeated.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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