Analysis of El Poeta Leva el Ancla

Delmira Agustini 1886 (Montevideo) – 1914 (Montevideo)



El ancla de oro canta...la vela azul asciende
Como el ala de un sueño abierta al nuevo día.
                             Partamos, musa mía!
Ante lo prora alegre un bello mar se extiende.

En el oriente claro como un cristal, esplende
El fanal sonrosado de Aurora. Fantasía
Estrena un raro traje lleno de pedrería
para vagar brillante por las olas.

Ya tiende
La vela azul a Eolo su oriflama de raso...
El momento supremo!...Yo me estremezco; acaso
Sueño lo que me aguarda en los mundos no vistos!...

Acaso un fresco ramo de laureles fragantes,
El toison reluciente, el cetro de diamantes,
El naufragio o la eterna corona de los Cristos?...

The golden anchor beckons, the blue sail rises
Like the wing of a dream unfolding to a new day.
                             Let us depart, my muse!
Beyond an anxious prow, the sea stretches itself out.

In the crystal clear East, Aurora's
Blushed beacon shines. Fantasy
Is donning a rare garment of gems
To wander brilliantly over the waves.

The blue sail
Unfolds its private oriflamme to Aeolus...
The supreme moment!...I tremble: do I know–
Oh God!–what awaits me in unseen worlds?

Perhaps a freshly picked bouquet of fragrant laurels,
The golden fleece, a diamond scepter,
A shipwreck, or the eternal crown of the Anointed Ones?...


Scheme ABBA ABBC ACCC CCC CACA CCCC XCXC CXC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011011 101101111111010 11010 1011010110111 11110101101 111101010 11111110 1011111 11 11010111110 111111 11111111111 111010111 1111111 11111010111 010101001110 1011010101011 110111 0111010110011 0010111 1101100 110011011 1101001001 011 01110111 001110111 1110110011 0101010111010 01010101 010100101100101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,379
Words 218
Sentences 21
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Delmira Agustini

Delmira Agustini, a Uruguayan poet, is considered one of the greatest female Latin American poets of the early 20th century. more…

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