This is an analysis of the poem O Afogamento De Moema that begins with:

É fama então que a multidão formosa
as damas, que Diogo pretendiam,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X X X X X X X XX X X a a X X X X XX b X b X X X XX X X X X X X X XX X a X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XX X X X X X X X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010100010 110110100 101001101110100 11010000110010 1011011100 100110010110 1110111010 1011101100100 1 11 10010011100 101110001000 11000001000100010 10110100110 101110111000 110101011100 1010101001 1110011110011 1 10010111110 11111011 101010110110 101110111111 101100111100 1011001010 110101011110 11100111100 1 110010110100 101011011100 11100001001100 1101101111000 1100110100 110101101100 101101101 1011010011 1 010100010100 1110101110 110110010110 10100101010100 11011001100 111100010100 01100011111 1110100111 1 10110011100 101000101010 1110010110100 011101111100 1011101110100 110110111100 100111101 110010111110 1 11111010110 100111001000 11111010011 101101001110 11101111001 1000100011100 1101111 11110110111 1 101110011010 110001010000 11011110010 101110100 11110101101111 110101010110 1111011010 1110100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 68
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 35
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of O Afogamento De Moema;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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