This is an analysis of the poem O Pássaro Cativo that begins with:
Armas, num galho de árvore, o alçapão
E, em breve, uma avezinha descuidada,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,4,4,4,10,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110011100 1111010001000 100110111000 11101100100 10100 11101110110110 11110101010 1100010 100011110 110110110 1100011100 11110110100 11110100 10111001000 11001010 1101110 101110001100 110111111 101101100100 1101110 110101100 1010111 110001 1100110010 11001001100 010100100110 10011010100 01010101010 101110111 1110010001100 10101101100 101111 1010100100 1111010110 11111001000 1110010100 1011 101011010 111010 1011010100 101010 10111001100 010110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 43
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, e, os, que, ao, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, quero are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of O Pássaro Cativo;
- 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.
