This is an analysis of the poem O Navio Negreiro Part 4. (With English Translation) that begins with:

Era um sonho dantesco… o tombadilho
Que das luzernas avermelha o brilho. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXaXXX XXXXXa XXbXXX XXcXXX XXXXXX d XXeXfX gaeeeX BFXagc dfcdag XaXXaXXBFaeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010011000 111001000110 1101110 1001010001 10010101001 100010 101001000110 1010101010 101111 1011111000 110001001000 111101 11110100100100 11101000010 110100 111101001111100 101110110100 11111 10110010110 0100100100 11011010 101010010100 101100100 100111 11001100100100 1110011111100 010111 111010110100 10101101000 101110 11110100100100 11101000010 110100 11101001101 101101010 1111100 10010 0101011 01010001 1001 10100001 100111101 10010 11010011 1010111 11011101 10101110 00110101 010100110 10100110 1000101010 11010 0111101010111 111011 11111 11100101 01001101 11111 100100010010101 1010110101110 1111 01001010 11010101101 110101 1100101011 1010110 101100 10100110 1000101010 11010 1110111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; se, e, o, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words e, in, and are repeated.

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  • summary of O Navio Negreiro Part 4. (With English Translation);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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