This is an analysis of the poem O Navio Negreiro Part 5 (With English Translation) that begins with:

Senhor Deus dos desgraçados!
Dizei-me vós, Senhor Deus! ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXAXXXXXX XaXXbXXXbX XcXXXXXXXX XXXXXXdXXd XcXXXbXefX XgXaXhXXXX XXbXXXiXXi XXXXeXXXXX XXXAXXXXXX j AHKCACFXXJ alhmccafcc ffhjcchccj jljnacaefd chjjgjcfjX cfjeeoiXhX jXchoaihfg nmegjfekfX AHKCACFXXJ
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,1,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100 10110101 111001110 10101011 11111100 101000110 0110110 10101000 10110000 101110 1110100 1110011 111110110 110001110 111101001110 1101010100 1011010 1001100 11101010 1010010 11101100 101010001 11110100 0101101 11100100 11110100 1001100 10101010 1100100 1111110 1100100 1010111 11001000 01111 10011010 10110011 1010011 101010010 1111010 1111010 1110100 110011 1001010 100110 1011001000 100101010 101111 101110 1010011 1010010 10110100 10110001 101100100 1001001 10111001 11010011 1111110 10110110 11101010 1011011 100101 0100111 11010010 1110100 11101010 1001000100 1001111 11101100 1010001100 111011011 1010100 010110 110010 1110110 11010010 1110 11011000 11010011 10011 1111100 1011100 10110101 11110011110 10101011 11111100 101000110 1110110 10101000 10110000 101110 10010 1000100 1111 0001000001 11100101 1111101 001011 011011 1110 11001000 10111 1110100 11101 11011001 10101000100 111001100 001011 110100010 010011 1111011 10101 11010010 1011001 1100101 01011 110010100 1001010 100101 1011011 0110001 01111110 11010010 11011 11010 011011 100101 1011001 00111100 11010010 11011001 1101010 1101001 001001 1001001 1101010 110101101 10100010 10100011 11101 1110010 11100 1000101 1001001 100001010 100010 10100100010 1110010011 110111 011001 1010101 101001 101001001 0101010 0110110 100100101 0101101 010101 1001010011 101111010 101010001 101000100001 101110 00110 0101100 101101 101011 101010 0010100 1110001 101010 101001000 1000100 1111 0001000001 11100101 1111101 001011 011011 1110 11001000 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 182
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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, sem, adeus, no, goodbye are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words onde, adeus, depois, who, where, goodbye, after, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words sao, ontem, they, yesterday at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines muse is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase musa connects the lines.

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  • summary of O Navio Negreiro Part 5 (With English Translation);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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