This is an analysis of the poem Epílogos that begins with:
Que falta nesta cidade?................Verdade
Que mais por sua desonra?...........Honra...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X a X X X X X X X X X X X X XX X X X X X X a X X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010000 111110000 101111110000 11001011100 1110100100 1010110 1010100 10111000 1101100 1111010000 111000 01101110 1111110 1010100 11111010000 110111000 11011110000 111011000 11100110 11001100 1010100 1111100000 1111001000 11111000000 1111110 1010101000 111110000 10010100 11100100000 11000000 11101010000 10111110 11111101 11001011 100100100 1110100000 11010110000 1011111100 10001000 1011101 1111100 10010010 1110110000 1110011000 111100110000 11001000 110110 111010011 11010110 11011110000 111001110000 101100000 1 1001000 11011100 11101111 1010110 010110001 1111011001 11100010001 110111 1101001 11111011 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 63
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 34
- Average number of words per stanza: 6
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; que, o, os, n are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words que, quem, dou are repeated.
The author used the same words que, quem, dou at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines a is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word a at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Epílogos;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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