This is an analysis of the poem História De Um Vencido that begins with:

Sol alto. A terra escalda: é um forno. A flama oriunda
Da solar refração bate no mundo, acende ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aaXX XXXX X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010100110010100 11010111010 111001111101110 11110100010101000 11101101101000 11010111101 1111100100000 001011011011000100 1110111000110 110101110110000 010101001100 1001101101010 1111010011100 110011010011000 10001010101011100 01100101010101110 1011100101010 110111011011110 1100011110011100 1011011011101100100 1100101010010 0100010011000100 1100011011100 110010110100 1 1110101001010 111111011000 11110001110111000 10110100110010 111001010101100 111011100101010 100001101100 100011011001010 0101000101001 10101000111000 1100110011100 0101100110010 1100110100 11110100110110 111101001001011110 1001010100100 100101001100010 1011011110010 100010011100 1111010111000 11101001101000 10001010100100 11110100110110 1100101111100100 1101101100010 1101100110100111 10101101011110 1000111110110010 10101100100111 1101101011000 101110110111010 1100111011011 10010111101000 10100100101000 1101001000101000 1000110101100 111001001110 1011101100011000 101001001011010 10101010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; o, e, que, de, os are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases a, viveria, caminhava, mudo connect the lines.

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  • summary of História De Um Vencido;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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