This is an analysis of the poem O Navio Negreiro Part 1. (With English Translation) that begins with:

‘Stamos em pleno mar… Doudo no espaço
Brinca o luar — dourada borboleta; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX b cXXc XXcd XcXe aaaX ccac dfXX eaaf aaXX XfXc ggcgXbaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110110110 10111001000 1110111010 10100100100 10110111000 1101010100010 11110101100 1001100100 10110111000 1011100110100 10100100100 1111111100 101101100110 1110110100 10011111 10111011000 111111100 111101111110 11011011100 100111101 1101101100 101100100 1001111011000 11111101000 111010011010 1101111 11100111010 1010111010 1011101000 10010111010 101010010000 1101010100 100100101110 10100110 1001111101 11101110100 11101010100 1110110010 11110100010100 11001110100 100100101100 111011010110 101100100110 100100111010 10010 111011101 011110101 101110010 10101010 11101100100 0111101 0100111010 101001010 11101111000 110010101 1101001 100101011 11101110001 0011001011 11110010001 10101001 011111111001001 11010010101 10010110011 1011111 10011111110 100100100 0101010100 1001100101000 11110001101 11100101 1110111010 101011001100 10011110 101010011 10101101 0010011100 11111 011100 10000111101 101110001 111011101 11101010010 1011011011 101101110 101101100010 111001001 1110010001 1011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, que, albatroz are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words por, the, why are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'stamos, we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of O Navio Negreiro Part 1. (With English Translation);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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