This is an analysis of the poem Chico Viola that begins with:

Deus não anda na cidade.
Os dotô que véve sempre...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaXXXaXXbXXXXXXXXbcXXXXXXXXXccXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXcXXXcXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 64,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110 11111 110010 1110110 1011010 1110110 11101 11111 11010100 11100111 1110111 110111 11010100 100110 110100110 1101100 1010001 10101110 1101000 1101100 1001100 111100 111101 10010110 110100110 1100 1111110 110010100 1101110 110111 01011000 11101011 111 111 1111010 1111011010 1100 110100 1110100 1000101 11000110 1110110 1110111 111110110 111110 111 1110 111110 1010110 101110110 1101100 11110000 11011111 111010110 101010 111010 10011100 111011 110110 1101010 11011110 11010010 111110 011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1504
  • Average number of words per stanza: 308
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nem, o, que, deus are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nem, que, deus are repeated.

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  • summary of Chico Viola;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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