This is an analysis of the poem Ai, Jesus! that begins with:
Ai, Jesus! Não vês que gemo,
Que desmaio de paixão ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 110110110 110010 1011010 11000110 11100110 11011110100 110010 1110101 111110 1010010 11011110100 1010100 11111 111001100 100111000110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 408
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 15
- 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:
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; que, o are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word que is repeated.
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More information about poems by Álvares de Azevedo
- Analysis of Soneto Iii
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- Analysis of Lembrança Dos Quinze Anos
