This is an analysis of the poem Dinheiro that begins with:

Sem ele não há cova- quem enterra
Assim grátis, a Deo? O batizado ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101010 10101011000 1101001100 1101100110 101111100 110110110 11010001100 1101001001 100110001 101001111100 10010001010 1101010100 101111110 100111011010 1110010011000 11011010010 11101011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; quem is repeated.

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

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

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