This is an analysis of the poem O Navio Negreiro Part 3. (With English Translation) that begins with:
Desce do espaço imenso, ó aguia do oceano!
Desce mais… inda mais… nao pode olhar humano ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa b XbXcca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100101100 111011110100 10111001110 1110111101000 10100110100 11010111111110 10010 010001111010 011000101011 1101000101 11111100010010 0001001010010 111001101001111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 15
- 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; que is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words desce, descend are repeated.
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More information about poems by Antonio de Castro Alves
- Analysis of O Navio Negreiro Part 1. (With English Translation)
- Analysis of O Navio Negreiro Part 5 (With English Translation)
- Analysis of O Hóspede