This is an analysis of the poem Lembrança Dos Quinze Anos that begins with:

Nos meus quinze anos eu sofria tanto!
Agora enfim meu padecer descansa......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXa XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011010 100101100100 10010001110 10000101000 111010111100 11010010100 011001011010 1110110010 10001011010 1000101010 110101011100 100111101100 1110010100 11000101010 1100100011000 1110111000 100100101010 11101001000 01100101110 110110100 10101010100 1011000100 10101011110 010010110010 101101001000 11011001100 0101010110 011001010100 11010010110 010101110 1110010110 0110100100110 111010110010 010010101100 1111011010 10110110010 10010110010 11001010100 111010011100 100101100100 11110111010 010111100 111001010110 111010111100 100101100110 1110110001000 111110111100 1010111000 100111011100 100100011100 10110111100 10101100110000 11101011100 10101101100 101100110100 101001010100 110110100010 111110101000 10100100100 101111011100 100101101100 111011011100 10110010100 11000110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; que, e, de, o, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words que, de are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Lembrança Dos Quinze Anos;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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