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

Quem vai passando, sinta
Nojo embora, ali pára. Ao princípio era um só; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXb XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010 101001011101011 101110 10011010010011 1101000 11011111000100 10101010 110100110010 1010110 11111000110100 1101010 011111101100 11110100 110110101011100 1100100 11001001100010 1111110 1100101010 100100 0101011000 11110110 011001110110 10001110 11010011010110 11111100 10100101010111 111101110 0101101011010 11101100 111100111010 101000 100110100110 1111000 1001011110001 1111000 101010110001 111001 110111011100100 110110 11011110011100 110111100 1010101110011 1110100 1011001100 11110011010 110111101110100 11110 10101110100 110110 1110101011 1001001010 111011010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; qual, m, o, os, que are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words qual, e, s are repeated.

    The author used the same word nem at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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