Minha Finalidade by Augosto dos Anjos: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Minha Finalidade that begins with:

Turbilhão teleológico incoercível,
Que força alguma inibitória acalma,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XaaX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001000100 1101001000100 1011111110010 111010011000 100001000 100110101010 101000101010 10100100110 110001000 1101011110 0111001000 100001001010 1101111000100 0100101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word vel at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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