This is an analysis of the poem O Sibarita Romano that begins with:

Escravo, dá-me a c'roa de amaranto
Que mandou-me inda há pouco Afra impudente....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXaXabXXXaXXaXXXXXXXXbXXbXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110101000 11011011010100 1010110011100 101101110 101101010010 1101000010 11000111110 110010101000 1101101111 10100101000 1011010011110 11111000 101110100100 01001001000 110110110 110101100100 1101100110111 0100110010010 11100111000 1000010010 11101110110 1011001101100 11111101001100 11101011110 1001011010010 0101000101000 10010110010 11100101100010 110110011100 1010101100100 110110101100 10101100100 1001010111010 11000111000 1011001010010 10110110010 1010101011110 100100110010 1110100100 1110010110 10101001100110 11111101010 110111100110 1111101010 10111100100 0111011110 110101011100 1101100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1819
  • Average number of words per stanza: 348
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, o, de, como are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of O Sibarita Romano;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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