This is an analysis of the poem Contemplando Nas Coisas Do Mundo Desde O Seu Retiro that begins with:
Neste mundo é mais rico o que mais rapa: quem mais limpo se faz, tem mais carepa;
Com sua língua, ao nobre o vil decepa. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX XXXX XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011011110111011111100 1111111100 110011110 101101100110 111010010010 1101011100 1100101110 0110111001100 10011110100 1100111011110 1001011010010 11110101010 11010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, mais, quem are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word quem is repeated.
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More information about poems by Gregorio de Matos Guerra
- Analysis of No Dia Em Que Fazia Anos
- Analysis of Soneto Ii - Mancebo Sem Dinheiro, Bom Barrete,
- Analysis of Soneto Iii - Neste Mundo É Mais Rico, O Que Mais Rapa:
