This is an analysis of the poem Saudades that begins with:

Foi por ti que num sonho de ventura
A flor da mocidade consumi......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX XXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXb XXXX XXXX XXXX aXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11111100010 011100100 111000110010 11101101000 110100110010 110001110000 01001010110 11011011100 1001100101000 10101010100 11010010100 11010011000 101101101101 1000101010 111100110 11011101100 110010101001 1101001010000 11010010010 11101000010 110101110 11101001000 110011101010 1100110100 11010110100 100101001100 1111101011110110 11010011010 111101001001 110100100 10011101100 10100100110 11110110100 11010001100 11011001010 11000110100 10110111010 010101011100 11100100100110 111010010 11110100110 1101010100 110010001010 110010110010 0111100110010 100110011100 1011001100 11111010100 110101010100 10100111000 1111010011 1110110100 1010110010 101011011100 10011110110 11111100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, e, s, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words e, n, tr are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Saudades;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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