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

Ito'y isang pugad niyang mayang paking
na huhuni-huni't hahali-halinghing, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXaXX XXXXXX XaXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010101010 110010100100 111010100010 110110110100 101000110100 101000101000 110010110100 1100000101000 1100100100100 110110110001 101000110100 10100110100 110110110110 10110011010 101000110010 100111011100 1011101001000 11000110000 101010101000 10110110001 100110101000 100110110110 101100101000 100010110100 101110110010 10110111010 101100101010 10110010100 10110110110 1100100101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ang, parang 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.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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