This is an analysis of the poem Por Mim? that begins with:
Teus negros olhos uma vez fitando
Senti que luz mais branda os acendia,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa bXbXXa bXXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101100 10111101100 10010111100 1011101100 11011110100 101011 1010000110 1011111100 01001010010 1001101100 1110110010000 100011 11110111110 1101111011100 10101001000 1011101100 11011001100 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 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; de, o are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word mim at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Por Mim?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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