This is an analysis of the poem Sa Bilangguan Ng Pag-Ibig that begins with:
Isang tao ang mag-isang lumuluhang walang tigil
sa silong ng sakdal dilim na piitan ng Paggiliw;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 101111010001010 110110101101100 110110001111100 11100101010001100 10101000100101100 1100100011011010 10001010010101000 1100110010101000 10111011000100 1100110011001000 10001100010011110 101010110001100 10101001010011010 11011001101001000
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 47
- Average number of words per stanza: 8
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; sa, ng, ang are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word sa is repeated.
The author used the same word sa at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Sa Bilangguan Ng Pag-Ibig;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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