This is an analysis of the poem Ao Braço Do Mesmo Menino Jesus Quando Appareceo that begins with:

O todo sem a parte não é todo,
A parte sem o todo não é parte,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a a X X a a X a X a X a X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110101110 01111011 111011110101 11110111010 1101101001110 110101001101 1101101011001 1101110110 110101101 11101011010 10101111 1111001110 1111100101 1111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 29
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, parte, todo, n, em are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word e 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 parte, todo are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word parte at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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