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

Esta aborrece quem é pobre. Eu, quase Job,
Aceito os seus desdéns, seus ódios idolatro-os; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bXXb XXXX XXXX bXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011111 10011111010001 1100011110010 10110100011 110111011001001 1101101011000 1100111001101110 11000110010 1100010101010 100100101111100 10100110011 10101010110000 101100110110 11010011011100 10100110010 11110010111 10110100011010 0111000100110 011110010 1100011100110 1010001011100 11010101110010 11011110110 110000001011 11011101000100 11010011011100 110100011 110111110000100 100101000101000 1101100101000 1111110101100 11111011000 101010011100010 100110101111100010 10110101100 010100100101 11111011010010 111100110010011101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • 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 de is repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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