This is an analysis of the poem The Torture Of Cuauhtemoc that begins with:
Their strength had fed on this when Death's white arms
Came sleeved in vapors and miasmal dew, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abcadeafXdgaacffXdhafeibfXddafXeXfdgfbaXjig gjafdhcdkXXjihddX jdgXfakchjfelhejff halghdfdXajidaaheejjddaeefX Xigdiahd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 43,17,18,27,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111101111 110101101 1001010101 1011011101 1111001101 1101100011 1100110101 1111011101 1001001000 1101000101 1111010001 1111010101 10110011111 1101010101 0101010101 1111110101 1101010101 10111110111 0101100101 111010101 1001010101 1101010011 11010101101 11110010111 1001010101 10101010101 0101000101 1101010001 1111100101 1101011101 11010101010 1011110101 11011101010 11111101001 1111111111 0101010101 1111010101 11101000101 11011111001 1101010100 1111001101 0101001101 1011010111 1001011101 1011100101 11001000101 1011001111 1000110101 1100010101 1111011101 1111010001 1101010101 10111101100 010101011000 1111010101 1101010101 11010011101 1011110101 1111000101 11011100 1101 1111111101 1111011001 10010110101 1111011101 1011001011 1101010101 1101010011 01110111001 1100011101 1100010001 100010011101 1001000100 1101010101 010110101 1011001101 1111010011 1111010101 1101000101 11111100010 11111100100 1111010111 1001001011 1011010101 01010100101 0101010101 110100101100 0101010100 1111011100 011000101011 1111001101 0101001101 1101111111 1101101111 1111110101 0101010110 1111011101 10010011101 0101011101 1111000101 1101000111 1101110001 1111110100 11011101111 01010100 101 11001010001 1100010111 1101010111 11010011101 1101011101 1101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1003
- Average number of words per stanza: 169
- Amount of lines: 116
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and, in, gold, one, of, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gold is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase shame connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Torture Of Cuauhtemoc;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
