This is an analysis of the poem O Gondoleiro Do Amor that begins with:

Teus olhos são negros, negros,
Como as noites sem luar......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXaXBXXXcXXXBdXXXdaXBXdXXXXXBccXcddXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010 1011011 11001100 1011011 11101100 110101 1011001 11000110 111000 1100100 100110010 1001010110 110110010 101101100 10001001110 11000110 110010010 111001000 1010011100 1101011 11000110 1100110 111011100 11000110 1110100 1110110 1110110 1001001 10111000 1110110 101001011 11000110 110110110 1101010 101100 100110 1101110010 111011110 1010100 11000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1032
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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, s are repeated.

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

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  • summary of O Gondoleiro Do Amor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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