Mother by Mário de Andrade: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Mother that begins with:

Mothers have existed,
And this is quite a problem....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcbdbc XXebddXXfghcechbeadcbiXdfiXgXcfie
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,33,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 1001010 1111110 011101 111110 111101 1010110 01101010 110110 110101 110011 10111010 110101 101111 000101 10001010 011111 1111010 010111 1101101 1101001 1111001 01000111 11111110 1101001 101101 011101 010101 1010010 1010110 11011010 011101 100001 1001010 110010010 1101010 110111 110110 111101 010100 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 548
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

  • summary of Mother;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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