This is an analysis of the poem Esperanças that begins with:
Se a ilusão de minh'alma foi mentida
E, leviana, da árvore da vida,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXaX aXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXbXXX aXbXXX XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010001001100 110011110 111100 11110110010100 100110111110 110100 1101010011110 110010101000 0101000 111101111010 1011101100 01001100 10110110110 1100111100 11100110 110100111100 11000110100 101110 111101111010 101100100100 1110110 11001001000100 10110110010100 11110 100101010 111001101010 11000010 1111010100 11100010100 110100 11001101010 10101111000 110110 1110100100 0100110110100 101110 10110110001010 1011111011000 1000010 1110111110 1101001110 11100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 42
- 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.
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; o, e are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words chora, e are repeated.
The author used the same word se 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 rrimas, o are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Esperanças;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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