Analysis of A Madona Poesia (To My Lady of Poetry)
Alfonsina Storni 1892 (Sala Capriasca) – 1938 (Mar del Plata)
AQUI a tus pies lanzada, pecadora,
contra tu tierra azul, mi cara oscura,
tú, virgen entre ejércitos de palmas
que no encanecen como los humanos.
No me atrevo a mirar tus ojos puros
ni a tocarte la mano milagrosa;
miro hacia atrás y un río de lujurias
me ladra contra tí, sin Culpa Alzada.
Una pequeña rama verdecida
en tu orla pongo con humilde intento
de pecar menos, por tu fina gracia,
ya que vivir cortada de tu sombra
posible no me fue, que me cegaste
cuando nacida con tus hierros bravos.
I throw myself here at your feet, sinful,
my dark face against your blue earth,
you the virgin among armies of palm trees
that never grow old as humans do.
I don't dare look at your pure eyes
or dare touch your miraculous hand:
I look behind me and a river of rashness
urges me guiltlessly on against you.
With a promise to mend my ways through your
divine grace, I humbly place on your
hem a little green branch,
for I couldn't have possibly lived
cut off from your shadow, since you blinded me
at birth with your fierce branding iron.
Scheme | AABB BBBC CCX ACB XXBC BCBX AAXCXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111 101111101 110101111 1111011 11101111 1011101 10111111111 111011101 1010101 11101111 111111010 1111111 1111111 111111 111111110 11101111 10100110111 110111101 11111111 111101001 11011001011 10111011 1010111111 011110111 101011 111011001 1111111101 111111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,118 |
Words | 199 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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