This is an analysis of Brazilian Tragedy by Manuel Bandeira.
..Misael, civil servant in the Ministry of Labor, 63 years old,
...Knew Maria Elvira of the Grotto: prostitute, syphilitic, with ulcerated fingers, a pawned wedding ring and teeth in the last stages of decay.…
Browse poems by Manuel Bandeira
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaaaXaXXX X
- Stanza lengths: 10,1,
- Metre: 10101000100010101 1010010001110110000100010011011100110001 101010101100100011010101011010101010110101110 10100100101101011010001011 10101010111100101101010111 1111110 110100101011111 0101010101011001010101011111101001010101100 01000101001111111011101101 1000101011100101110100111001101101101100 0101010010
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 11
Repeated words/phrases
in, of, maria, she, they, her
