This is an analysis of the poem Ao Marquês De Pombal Ii that begins with:

Não temas, não, marquês, que o povo injusto
De teus grandes serviços esquecido,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa aXXX XXX bab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101101110100 0110101000 1010110010000 1001001110 10110011110 110111000 111011101000 11100110100 101000110100 01001010100 01001101000 010100001010 110010011010 1101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; o, teu, de are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ao Marquês De Pombal Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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