This is an analysis of the poem Cay Celia that begins with:

Cong pag saulang cong basahin sa isip
ang nan~gacaraang arao n~g pag-ibig,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 90,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101100110 11000101110 110000101000 101110100110 11010100000 10100011100 1100001001000 11010011000 10001101100 101011010 10010100110 110001101100 100110110100 1110101110 101110100110 10110010110 101000110000 11001110110 1110010010 1101010010 11010111010 101000110100 11011110 111000100010 11001101000 1100111000 11010101100 101010101000 11 1100101100 1101101010 11001010110 11001010100 11001101000 110100110110 10011010010 100111101 1000111010 110010110001 1001111010 1011111100 1101010100 1011010100 11100011010 110100110110 101000110110 101011110010 11000111011 11010100110 101010110000 1100011100 1100010100 10110111010 10110100110 1101010110 1011001010 1101110010 1011010110 111001011 11001101000 110110101000 1011011000 110110101 11010011010 101111011 11 10101100110 11101100110 1100011110 1001011101 10101011110 11000101110 1001110101 101101111 11001110110 101010110010 1100010110 1100001110 100101111 10011011010 11010100000 11100110110 101100101110 1001101011 1110011100 1111010110 1011001001010 1010011101 110110100000 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 632
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sa, n, i, ng, ang, na are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sa, ang are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gan is repeated).

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