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

Destruição de Jerusalém
'TREME, treme, dissoluta,...

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: X XXXXXaXa XXXXbXcX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXdX X XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXbXXdX XdXcXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX X XXXd XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100 111000 11001 1011000 100011101 101110100 11011010 01111010 1101110011 1110011100 1101100 110100 111101 10001010 1000100 11111010 11100 1101000 11001000 1011100 1011000 1100100 1110110 11000110 10010000 111000 1010001 101100 110011011 101001000 101011110 111000010 10011001 1 11101100 101011100 1111010100 1111100 01010100 10010100 11010100 10110111 100100100 11001 100100100 111010000 100111000 1001100 10101100 10011100 1100110 1100000 1110110 100100010 1111100 0111100 111011110 1000101100 1011010100 1100011110 100100110 10100010 1000111100 1110110 1010110 10011001 10111100 1100110 11110110 10011011 1011101 010101111 1101101 100111001 11101100 100110 1100011 110101 010101110 100110100 111001000 11100100 1 10100111110100 00101001 1010110110010 1100010110 1010010110 101010100 1001001010100 110001101010 10111010100 1100101100 111111101000 110010011000 1101101100 101010010 111101110110 10001101100 100111100 0111100100 11111101000 1010101100 11111010110 111101100100 1101000111100 1111110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 124
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines o, lio, a, as are repeated).

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

  • summary of Originais;
  • 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