This is an analysis of Heroísmos by Cesário Verde.

Eu temo muito o mar, o mar enorme,
Solene, enraivecido, turbulento,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXX XXX X
  • Stanza lengths: 8,3,3,1,
  • Metre: 11010111110 10100001000 1001100100110 1101111101 11011011010 010100100 11101101100 11011010 1001100100 1110101100 10001011110 1100101101110 1101100100 10011111 10
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

o, mar