This is an analysis of the poem Lágrimas Da Vida that begins with:

Se tu souberas que lembrança amarga
Que pensamento desflorou meus dias,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXb XXXb XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001100100 11000100110 11110110100 1101000100 101001110110 11101001110 11101001010 1110110110110 11101011010110 110010101000 11100011011 10001001110000 11101111101 10011101000 101001111100 101100110000 101100111110 01010100011000 11011011100010 11011100010 101010101100 111011011100 01001011100 101100110010 111110110100 01110100111 11100100100 1011010010 110110111010 10011001100 10110101110 1111001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

    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, me, e are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.

    The author used the same word como at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Lágrimas Da Vida;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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