This is an analysis of the poem Sa Babasa Nito that begins with:

Salamat sa iyo, ó nánasang írog,
cong halagahán mo itóng aquing pagod,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXabbXXXXXXXXXXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110101 1100111010 11111111 10000011010 111101110 10001011011 101101111 1000111001 11100010001 10101111 1110010111 11110100110 111001110100 10110010011 100101101 11000010011 111010101100 1010010011 11010011010 110001010 11011101 1110001110 1110010100 111000110100 110011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 910
  • Average number of words per stanza: 185
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; ang, at, sa are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word sa is repeated.

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  • summary of Sa Babasa Nito;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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