This is an analysis of the poem Mother Song that begins with:
_From the Portuguese._
HEAVY my heart is, heavy to carry,... full text
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: a bXccXaXcddaDdbdXDdaada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,22,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00101 1011010010 10110010100 101010101 1011101 101101100101 101010101 11111111110 01111 11101 100100111 11111101 1101011 11111111 1101111110 1111011 1111011 1101011 11011 1111101001 011100111 10111101011 011011101011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 432
- Average number of words per stanza: 85
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, folds, more, so, soft, heart are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, nor, you are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love, heart are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Mother Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
