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

Pomba d'esp'rança sobre um mar d'escolhos!
Lírio do vale oriental, brilhante!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXaXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100111100 111101010 100111010 100100100100 1110010010 1110100010 1010110010 111100111100 111001001100 101111110110 10100110010 10101011011100 101001011100 01010110100 1110001100100 111000110010 110101100100 1011101100 1010011100 10100110100 1011010010 100100100001 1011110010 1010101100100 111001100100 100111101100 101101110110 1001101010110 110111100110 111011100 1010010010100 1011011100 11111011100 111100101010 11110110100 100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 237
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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