This is an analysis of the poem Coup D'Étrier that begins with:

É preciso partir! Já na calçada
Retinem. as esporas do arrieiro;...

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: XXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 64,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011100 10011001100 11001000100 1001011000 0101001010 10110110100 101000101010 110101101100010 11101001101 100100011100 111001010 10001100100 01110100010 10010010100 10110100110 11011011 110110101100 10100101010 110111010100 1100110100 11101010000 1011110011 11101101100 1100100100 111101100 11101011000 11010011110 11001110000 110101010 110110100010 100011100110 11110100 1111111000 10110001010 10001010100 11101101000 10100011000 10100101000 11011100110 1000110111110 10100100100 10110101010 1111010011000 101011011000 1111101000 11001111100 1010101000 10011011010100 111011000 010010101100 11101001111101 10001110100 10101101000 1111111010 111011101100 111010110100 1111101001101010 100111010100 100010111010 110011101000 110011011000 1011001011110 111011011100 100010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 437
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, na, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words onde, e are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bulo is repeated).

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

  • summary of Coup D'Étrier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Antonio de Castro Alves