Francisco Morazán National Pedagogical University

(CURCEI)

Training Space: Spanish Seminar.

Teacher: PhD. María Leticia Duarte.

Francin Congniham Rosales

Work: SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF THE POEM 'ESPI-

GAS.

La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras, APRIL 8, 2022.

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Table of contents
Cover 1
Introduction 2

Objectives 3

Content 4
Conclusion 5

Bibliography 6

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 Introduction

When talking about semantics, it refers to the analysis of aspects of meaning or the

interpretation of the meaning of a certain symbol, word, language or

formal representation. It is mostly about the idea that any means of

expression allows a correspondence between expressions of symbols or words, and

the situations or sets of things that are found in the physical or abstract world.

In light of the aforementioned, the report of the

Semantic analysis of the poem 'ESPIGAS' by David Fortín, in which will be identified

semantically each of the aspects mentioned such as the denotative meaning

and connotative of each noun present.

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 Objectives
General Objective

Analyze the poem 'ESPIGAS' semantically.

Specific Objectives

Determine the linguistic references in a denotative manner.

Define nouns connotatively.

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Content
Author Biography

David Fortín
Poet, cultural promoter, teacher
Bachelor's degree in social sciences
Theology, co-founder of the lite group
Ceibeño Radio The Word.
Her poems have been published in the
Anthology of Ceibeña Poetry
and magazines at the national level. Also
in THE ILLUMINATED WORD The
poetic speech in Honduras, Helen
Umaña.
He/She has participated in literary meetings.
rivers at the national level. He was invited to the
world meeting of poets, cele-
Brando in Havana, Cuba in
2009.

In 2012, he was honored by giving-

his name to a literary contest
of stories, organized by the Aso-
Ceibeña Cultural Association Painting
Smiles.
It belongs to the Union of Writers and
artists from Honduras Branch La Ceiba
(UEAH-Branch La Ceiba), is a member
from the Ceibeña House of Culture.
Attended the Symposium sponsored by the
UNAH, CURLA in La Ceiba, Hon-
hard in April 2014.
He/She participated in the writing meeting.
res at the UNAH, Tegucigalpa, M.
D.C., May 2014.

He was present during the visit to the her-

in the Republic of Nicaragua
framework of the anniversary celebration
river of UPOLI, Polytechnic University
technique of Managua Nicaragua, oc-
October 2014.

Poem: SPIKES.

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 David Fortín
This poem is the most representative of his poetry collection ESPIGAS, its style is to-

sea of worlds and compare them, a representation in which it seems that this au-
you know those parallel worlds one real and the other fictitious, according to (Fortín,

2016, p. 9)
There is no certainty that you hear me... over time we believe and doubt.

The fotinian poetry alludes to this event, 'The words remain cold,

that one day they said to each other, perhaps they are still floating, in the stammering voice of the wind, in the

hondura of silence, waiting for the words to return to the origin of things, in that

sense is seen in the natural relationship in three words and things that the Greeks gave great

accurately matched with the size and shape.

The poem consists of three paragraphs.

In the first paragraph, seven verses can be found.

The second paragraph contains eight verses.

In the third paragraph, there are five verses.

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 In this
wait
drawing more
the landscapes
spikes in
the abandonment of the

earth.

In this
wait
the gaze is embedded
in stained glass

the mirrors
they are just that

mirrors that me
remember what I was.

Hope slips away

but in the silence
and stops for at least
tonight in the
pyramid of time.

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 Semantic Analysis

First Paragraph
In this

wait

draw more

the landscapes

ears of

the abandonment of the

land.

In this text, the first thing that stands out is the Ear of Wheat, which refers to an abandonment,
neglect or forgetfulness towards the earth.

The author uses the ear of wheat to reflect how it is in oblivion, as are the landscapes.

missing, who seem to no longer have hope of recalling a past

full of great natural blessings.
- Gender: Female, singular.
Definite Article: The
Qualifying adjective: abandonment.
-Preposition: in, denoting expectation, time in the poem.
Ear
Verb: To draw: it reflects a present action, referring to the subject that
longing for a past shows the need to return to those moments of
great enchantment, which was like the most beautiful landscape where everyone could admire and
to wish.
Denotative meaning: From Latin: Spica

Inflorescence whose flowers are hermaphroditic and are positioned along an axis; like
in the plantain.
Connotative Meaning:
It refers to the predominance of desolation, something destroyed, in the total aban-
both.
More than anything, the carelessness of a beautiful body, a reflection of unmatched beauty.
in a past, which in the present is longed for with great strength.

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For example, one can see how the word (in this wait) conditions the entire paragraph.
since there is, since there is a sample of the subject's desperation when seeing himself in-
returned from a great desolation.
Abandonment of the land determines the condition in which that great country is located.
It was said that in the past it was worthy of admiration, to enjoy its beauty.

Second Paragraph

In this
wait
the gaze is embedded
in stained glass

the mirrors
they are just that

mirrors that me
do you remember what I was.

What stands out in this paragraph is the word Embed and stained glass, which refers to a
moment of despair in which one tends to look in mirrors and stained glass to remember it
what it was, and how it is in the present, an abandoned spike, a vanished beauty,
forgotten, without hope pointing out what it was.
- Determiner: this, embeds, what.
Possessive determiner: me
the
stained glass
Adjective: mirrors
Verb: To be
Denotative meaning: From FR. vitral

What does colored glassware mean.

Connotative Meaning:
It refers to a comparison that is made when looking in the mirror, one can only
to see something beautiful that was in the past, is wrapped as in a moment of
blossoming of colors, in a beauty that shone in a time long ago.

They are just that

Mirrors that me
Do you remember what I was?

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The subject focuses on emphasizing how it was, how beautiful it was, and possibly no longer is.
It could be, it determines that it is only that, what remains is a simple memory.
A past that is like a reflection of what can never return.

3. Third paragraph
In conclusion of the third paragraph, something very important can be seen: 'hope is'.
"slide more in silence." There you can see how it emphasizes a fatal moment end,
remember a time full of great virtues and beauty, knowing that everything is gone
disappearing in abandonment.
And when named, it stops at least tonight in the pyramid of time.
It states that there is a small space to be able to live those past moments of
beauty.
When saying time pyramid, the subject focuses on having a chance to have a
transcendental connection for a night to live the wonderful past full of great
abundance.
Time Pyramid
Adjective: night
detains
Conjunctive copulative: and
Determinant: himself
Denotative meaning: From Latin pyrămis, -ĭdis and it is from Greek πυραμ ίς, -
pyramid, -s; properly 'wheat flour cake in the shape
pyramidal, derived from πυρός pyrós 'wheat flour'.
A solid that has any polygon as its base and whose faces, as many in number co
The sides of that are triangles that come together at a single point, called a vertex.
2. Monument, usually made of stone or brick, in the shape of a pyramid.

Connotative Meaning: By focusing on the connotative meaning, one can see

like the key that allows one to be in a specific moment to be able to live it
reality that has been lost, like a momentary gathering. To then return to
the reality.
Hope slips away
but in the silence
and it stops for at least
tonight in the
pyramid of time.

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 Conclusion
To conclude the Semantic analysis of the present poem, one can see
the objective stated at the beginning was achieved, that of analyzing semantically
mind that poem. Each objective was achieved, since it is about the different
noun words were provided with the connotative meaning according to
context in which the poem was given and its denotative meaning in order to co-
to know literally the entire meaning of the word according to its origin
and definition embodied by the DRAE.

Works Cited
Fortn, D. (2016). Espigas. Tegucigalpa: Design & Print.

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