Soneto V - Bote A Sua Casaca De Veludo by Gregorio de Matos Guerra: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Soneto V - Bote A Sua Casaca De Veludo that begins with:

Bote a sua casaca de veludo,
E seja capitão sequer dois dias,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a a 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: 1011000100 11001010110 1010001010 1101001110 1011001101100 1010111100 1010101100 1111011010010 1111111100 1101010100 1101110010 1110010100100 11100001100 100101010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 28
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dias is repeated).

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

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