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

Ser palmeira! existir num píncaro azulado,
Vendo as nuvens mais perto e as estrelas em bando;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXb XXXX XcXb XXXX XaXX dXdX XXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001001101000 1011011011100110 111011111000 1011010010110100 10110101101100 110101001100100 111010011100111 110010111011 10101110111000 1001111001001011 110111101100 11011101100110 110001011001010 010111001101011 111010110010 110011 110010010110100 1101110110010 11010001011010010 101000101110010 1110011111101 110010001101111 10111101011011 110110010111011 11101011011000 1110010101011 11010110100 101010101001 1100011101001100 10110011001100 101010100100 11010 11011011010101110 110001010111100 1010001110110 11101111001100100 11011110101100 11111111110 11110110100100 101100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e, ou, o, que are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word e at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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