This is an analysis of the poem Horas Tristes that begins with:
Eu sinto que esta vida já me foge
Qual d'harpa o som final,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX bXXX XcXX XXXX dXXc XXXa XXXX eadX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbeX XXXX eaXX efcf eXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011010111 1101110 1110101100110 110110 1101101111000 11010 1111101010 111101 1101101100 11110 111101100 11000101 1110010110100 110001 11001011011 01010 1110110111010 11010 11110111010 110110 1100111111 010111 11111101100 111110 10101010100 011101 10101011100 100110 100111101000 110100 1001010110100 110110 1101100110 10011110 110010110110 111101 11011001001000 111010 101011011100 11011 11110010101110 01010 110100111 1101111 1101101000110 010010 1111010100 111100 1110110000110 10111001 111101111110 111100 111111000101 010010 110010011100 110110 111100111 1001100 010100010110 100110 10111001100 1111111 110011110010 01110 101111100 101110 1010111010 111110 1010010010 1111 1110110110 101100 10101111010 111110 11010001101 101110 1101010001010 011101 110010010000 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, e, os, se are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.
The author used the same words eu, se, talvez at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase talvez connects the lines.
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