This is an analysis of the poem Poemas Malditos Iv that begins with:

Ia caindo o sol. Bem reclinado
No vagaroso coche madornando, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXX aXXXXXaXXXbXXbXX XXX XXXbaaXXbX XXbXXX XXXXXXXXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,16,3,10,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111000 1100011000 100110100010 10011110001 100110110110 10010010110 11101011101 1111011011110 11101111000 100110100100 1010011000 1001001010 100110011100 11001010110 11001011100 10110110110 10001001110 11111010010 01001010011010 1001100101010 11100101010 11010010100 1010010110 10010101110 1101001010 10111011 10010101010 10101001100 11001100 111110 10010001010 1110100 1010 1110110011100 110011110100 1010100110 11100110110 110011001010 11010010000 1110010 11011011110 1101101101100 10010011010 11101010010 11101011110 10011010110 101110010 11100 111100110 110001110100 111100011100 1101001101 10001111100 1111101110 11011011011 111100110 111101110110 11111010110 11101100011 10001010110 111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • 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; bispo, e, o, de, da, que are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Poemas Malditos Iv;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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