This is an analysis of the poem O Cônego Filipe that begins with:

O cônego Filipe! Ó nome eterno!
Cinzas ilustres que da terra escura ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXa bXXXXXbXbbXc cXbXXXXXXX XXXX cXXX XcXX XXXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,10,4,4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101100 101001110100 10111001100 1101101111 111001101 1101100101001 100110001010 1011001000011 1011110100010 1100110101 111010110 1011101110 10101001010 101010000100 1011001100010 101000100110 101101001100 11001011010 10101010010 11010111100 1011011000010 1110101001000 10010011100 10011010000 11011111100 1001101001 110001011000 11110100 1110010110 11011011110 1010011000 110001001100110 10111010 1101011000 11010111110 11101011100 1110011010 11011010110 11000100110 11100100101100 111111010 10101010011 11011100110 101010100110 1101001010 110011011110 101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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  • summary of O Cônego Filipe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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