This is an analysis of the poem Último Canto Do Cisne that begins with:

Quando eu morrer, não chorem minha morte,
Entreguem meu corpo à sepultura;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XbXX XXaX XXbX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110110101 1001101000 11101010100 110011101000 110110010000 1101001001 1010001011010 1011100111 0011100110 1010010100 101101101001 101001110010 10101101110 1100110000 01010000100 110101000100 1101000100 110100101 011011111 010101100101 10110011110 11110101101 10111011001 1001010011101 11101111010 100101 111001000101 11101001011 1100110101100 10001101000 11101110110 11101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Último Canto Do Cisne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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