This is an analysis of the poem Manggagawa that begins with:

Bawat palo ng martilyo sa bakal mong pinapanday
alipatong nagtilamsik, alitaptap sa kadimlan; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110011011000 1000100010001100 110110111011000 101011101011000 1100111011001100 1100111011001100 110111011000100 11001101101001000 1110110011011010 111001010101100 1011011011011100 101011011111000 101011001001100 101011001011000 10101101010001110 1000111011001100 1001110110101010 1100111010101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sa, ang, mo, nang, ay, ng are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Manggagawa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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