This is an analysis of the poem Desastre that begins with:
Ele ia numa maca, em ânsias contrafeito,
Soltando fundos ais e trémulos queixumes;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010111000 100101110100 101101101110 10011001101100 01011011011 101011011011000 11011001100110 10011101101000 1101100110110 10011001101100 111010000110110 10110001100 100101001111100 1011101000 11011111000100 10111011101100 11111001101110 0110100101000 10010101100100 100110011110 1001000110100 1001001010100 1011101001000 1100111101100 11110101101000 10101101000 1100110110010 1010010011110110 110010011000 1100110100100 100100101100 110111111101100 10100011110110 010011010101 1000110101001110 11000111100001 101101101000110 1000100111000 100111001101100 111010001101100 1001110101110 1111110011111000 11011101101100 1100010110110 1100101101 1001001001000 100110011001110 100010010011 100010110100 10111100110 111000111100 101100100011 11110100101000 100011001101100 100100011010100 110100101100 111111111111 010010010100110 101101001100 111111011011100 1110011110010100 110111101101000 1011101010100 11001001011101000 1101100010110 1010101001100 1001100011010000 101111001000 10
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; e, as, o, de, da, um 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.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Desastre;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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