This is an analysis of the poem Pequenino Morto that begins with:

Tange o sino, tange, numa voz de choro
Numa voz de choro... tão desconsolado......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XabcXbc cXXddcd XXXXXXX XcXXXXX aXXXXaX XXXaXXa XdXXXXX XXXXXXX aXXXXaX XXXXXXX XbXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101010 101010010000 11010010110010 1000101100100 1011101011010 011101101010 1000100 10110100111010 10111010110 100010111011 101010010010 101001110010 1000100110011 010010 10100100010010 1111001101100 101101100100 1010010010010 101101100011 10001001110010 1000110 11101101010 101010010000 11010010110010 1000101100100 1011101011010 011101101010 1000100 11001111001 010010010110 1010100010010 010111001001110 100010010001100 1110101010 0101110 11000101100010 11011110110010 1000110110110 110001111 11011011101 1101110101010 1111 1011010101000 11110011100 11010111000 010010010110 100011011100 10010101001000 110110 1101101001010 11001011010 111010101010 010010110010 110001011100 11011011 110010 11101101010 101010010000 11010010110010 1000101100100 1011101011010 011101101010 1000100 1110010101010 111111101100 111011000101100 111001101001010 111010101100100 01001100010010 101010 110100110100 111010111 1011010110110 1001010110000 100010010001 111101101110 110000 1100010110010 110101010001 11001010111 1011101111010 0100111001 1000110001 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

    The author used the same word como 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 Pequenino Morto;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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