This is an analysis of the poem Estou Velho that begins with:

Eu procuro as palavras certas
dos meus versos e elas faltam... ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110010 111011010 11001111 1101011100 001010 1110011 10111101 1001111010 110100010 100100110 111110100 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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 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 que is repeated.

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

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