This is an analysis of the poem Decadência that begins with:
Iguais às linhas perpendiculares
Caíram, como cruéis e hórridas hastas,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX 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: 10110100000 1010111010 1111010 1101101000 010110100 1100010100 10001111000 100011101000 1011011001100 11001001000 1011000100 1111110100 11101001101 10101001100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Decadência;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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