This is an analysis of the poem O Lamento Das Coisas that begins with:

Triste, a escutar, pancada por pancada,
A sucessividade dos segundos,...

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: 101001001100 0100001100 11110011100 110110010000 01110100000 1100110100 11001010010 10101100110 110110101000 11001111100 11111001100 1110110011000 11000110100 11000001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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 is repeated.

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

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

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