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

Álgida saudade me maltrata
Desta ingrata...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXXbbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101100 10100 11111111000 111100 1101 10011110 1011110 11010100100 111001100 1011 11101011101101 11101110100 101010111010 1111101011 010101110 101010011010 10010101010 10101011010 10101010111 101100110000 110010000110 0111011010100 1110111 100101011110 1101010000101 1111011101 0101 11011010 1010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 900
  • Average number of words per stanza: 180
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, que are 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 Cinzas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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