This is an analysis of the poem Mudo E Quedo that begins with:

E calado ficou... De pranto as bagas
Pelo moreno rosto deslizaram,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010010110 10010101000 1110110101 10100110100 1010111100 100011010 11000100110 1000111111 11110100100 1110010110 011001010010 0101110001100 101000101101 10100101010 100100010101011011100 10110001000 10101101100 10010100011000 110101100110 11111110100 11110010011 111110111001 110010101010 11101101010011 1011101110100 0101011110 01011011101001101101101000 110010001110 1011101010 1001101010100 1101101011010 0100010000100 10100101110 1111101100 1010010110 1011101010 11000100110 1011011100 11101011110100 101001001100 1100010100110 111000 11110 101010 11010 10101101100 1010101000 1111010011110 1010011110110010010101101000 10101001100 1011011010 010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2000
  • Average number of words per stanza: 372
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; sem, que, de, o, n are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Mudo E Quedo;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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