This is an analysis of the poem Só that begins with:
Este, que um deus cruel arremessou à vida,
Marcando-o com o sinal da sua maldição, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXb XXab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 111110100010 100111101110 11000100101100 1001011110011 01001100100010100 11011010110 110100101000 110001101100 10101110010010 1010100101100 101001100011 111001101110 11010101010100 1111111111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words e, sem are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word o at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Só;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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