This is an analysis of the poem Puso, Ano Ka? that begins with:

Ang puso ng tao ay isang batingaw,
sa palo ng hirap, umaalingawngaw...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110100 11011010000 101110100000 11101100110 100000101010 110110101010 100010101000 10000101000010 110110110010 1011100101100 101000110110 11011011110 1101100110110 101011101100 10001110101 110100101010 110110101110 110110110010 110110110010 101110110100 101100110100 110101110001 1111011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; ng, ang, sa are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word ang at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Puso, Ano Ka?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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