Genre
Memoir (A lyrical book)
Setting and Context
The book was written in the early 19th century.
Narrator and Point of View
First-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Sorrowful, painful, hopeless, disheartening
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist in the book is Pessoa.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is that the book’s prose quickly devolves into various forms of poetry without prior warning to readers.
Climax
The climax is when Pessoa accepts both his versions of life regardless of their divergence.
Foreshadowing
The earlier dissimilarities in his life foreshadow the fact less of Pessoa's memoir.
Understatement
The prose of Pessoa's memoir is understated. Despite using various types of poetic narratives without warning in the memoir, his work is unpredictable and full of isolated experiences.
Allusions
The book alludes to my passion for writing.
Imagery
The imagery of the author’s fading memory is evident in most sections of the book. The reader sees that the author’s mind is filled with infinite ideas.
Paradox
The main paradox in Pessoa’s memoir is that it is fact less. The reader does not find any meaningful connection in the author’s life.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Poetry is incarnated in the memoir.
