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

Negro, com os olhos em brasa,
Bom, fiel e brincalhão,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXab XXbX XXab aXXX bcXb XXXb XXXb XXXX bcXb bXXX XcXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110110 111100 1000100110 1100010 1001110 101101100 1110110 111110100 1010100 10100110 11010010 1100010 10010110 11001100 101011100 10010100 1100010 1111011 101100 1001010 101001110 101101000 11100010 101011010 11011 10010110 101000 111000110 1010100 11110010100 101010010 101010100 101000110 10110011 110110110 10110110 10101010 10110011 11110100 111100 10110100 11100011 100101000 10010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, casa are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word era is repeated.

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

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