This is an analysis of the poem O Lenço Dela that begins with:
Quando a primeira vez, da minha terra
Deixei as noites de amoroso encanto,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX XbXX XbXX aXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100111010 1011000010100 01010101000 10111010010 1011001000 10101000110 1010011010 1111101100110 10101001100 1100110010 1010111000 110101100110 101010011010 110011100010 1101101001110 11011101010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, eu are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word pranto at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of O Lenço Dela;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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