This is an analysis of the poem Pag-Ibig that begins with:
Isang aklat na maputi, ang isinulat: Luha!
Kaya wala kang mabasa kahit isa mang talata;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011001100010 1010110010101100 1000110010101000 10011001011100 1110100111001010 1100101010101100 10011100110001000 101111010001100 1110110001011000 1010110011011000 1101101010101000 111011001011010 1110101011001010 1010101010101010 111011001101100 1010101010001110 11101101010001110 101110010001110 10101101101001000 1010111010011010 1010010011001100 110010001111010 101111011011100 1100101010110 1110111011101110 110010010101100 111011001101100 1101101011001110 100101000111011000 1001100110111000 1010100111001110 1000111011011010 1011001101100 101100011001000 10100100110001100 11010010001110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mo, ang, pag, walang, pa, ay, ibig are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ang, kayong are repeated.
The author used the same word ang at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Pag-Ibig;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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