This is an analysis of the poem Por Que Mentias? that begins with:
Por que mentias leviana e bela?
Se minha face pálida sentias ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXbX XXXX XXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100110 111011010 10010111010 11101110 100110001100 1011001100 11101000110 100111110 111111010110 10111001110 1111011 101000101110 1101000110 11011010 10011110 110110 100111110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word mentias at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Por Que Mentias?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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