This is an analysis of the poem May Mga Tugtuging Hindi Ko Malimot that begins with:

O may mga tugtog na nagsasalita,
malungkot na boses ng nagdaralita;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110000 100110110000 101011110000 10100010100 100110100010 100110101000 101000110100 1101101100010 10100111000 1010010110000 100010110100 11000101000 1101010110 101000110100 10101011011 100000110110 110110110110 1100101110000 1101000100110 1001000110100 110100101100 10001011001 100110110110 101100100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of May Mga Tugtuging Hindi Ko Malimot;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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