Poem Analysis of O Mercado De Prata, De Ouro E Esmeralda by Ronald de Carvalho for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem O Mercado De Prata, De Ouro E Esmeralda that begins with:

Cheira a mar! cheira a mar!
As redes pesadas batem como asas,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX a XXXXXXXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,8,
Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 10011001 110100101010 110101001100 0110101000100 10110110110100 11110101101011 1010001011001011100 101110011110011110 1001 1101101010110110 110110111100100 111100100001010000 1111101000011010 1011001110000100 11100111110 100001100100 10010000101110
Amount of stanzas: 4
Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
Average number of words per stanza: 35
Amount of lines: 20
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; e, de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.

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