This is an analysis of the poem O Navio Negreiro Part 6 (With English Translation) that begins with:

Existe um povo que a bandeira empresta
P'ra cobrir tanta infâmia e cobardia!… ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXaXXX aXXXaaXX XXXXXXbb c deXXebXb fbbXgehh bdbeffgbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,1,8,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010100100 11010101100 1100100111010 1101000101 11111110010 1100110100 10101011010 111001111110 1001001010 1010110101100 10010111100 1110010011000 1111001010 1100110110 101100101100 110001100100 100010101100 10101011100 110101010110 10110110100 1101011010 10011011010 01010011011 01010010111 10010 010011101 01011001100 1101101 001011000110 111111100 101010101 101001111 10101011 111011 1010011011 11001110 00110001 11001001001 0110101 1011010010 101110010 010010010110 0101011 01101010001 111000101 100111000001001 1100011 010111001 010101011 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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.

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  • summary of O Navio Negreiro Part 6 (With English Translation);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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