This is an analysis of the poem Descrição Da Cidade De Sergipe D'El-Rei that begins with:

Três dúzias de casebres remendados,
Seis becos, de mentrastos entupidos,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X X X X X X X X X X X 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: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101001000 11001001000 1100101100 11011110 11001101100 1111001100 1100101000 11011001000 1101100010 1000100101 10010100100 1101111000 10001001110 0101110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 34
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; de, o are repeated.

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  • summary of Descrição Da Cidade De Sergipe D'El-Rei;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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