This is an analysis of the poem Preceito 1 that begins with:

Que de quilombos que tenho
com mestres superlativos, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX Xbba XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100110 11010000 111110001 1100110 1101100 11001000 1110010 111100100 01010110 11111100 111110110 11101001 11111110 1010100 11111110 1100110 11101000 1100000 11011100 10111000 11010100 11101100 11101000 11001100 1101110011 10011110 11111000 10111100 1101100 10011100 11011111 1010110 010110 110101000 110101100 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; o, que, por, e are repeated.

    The author used the same word e at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Preceito 1;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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