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

Ó Formas alvas, brancas, Formas claras
De luares, de neves, de neblinas! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXa XbXb XXXX XXXX XXXX cXXX XXXX XXaX XXXc XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101010 010010100 1010101000 1001100110 10110100010 01010101000 1010010100 110011010 100010100 100111101 10110010100 11110111101 1010110100 100011100 100100100 1011010100 1000100100 10010010 1001101010 101001010110 110111010000 110111011100 11101011000 110110101010 111010111010 1010101010110 1101011000 100010000 101000101 0101010000 10110111010 11111101000 10100010100 100101100 1010100010 11100100000 11101111110 0100110010 10100001010 111001000110 101011001111 1100100110 1110010110100 1110100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; formas, de, e, as are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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