This is an analysis of the poem Kung Mamili Ang Dalaga that begins with:

Nang may labinlimang Disyembre pa lamang
ang dalagang aking naging kaibiga'y ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100010110 110010101000 100110101010 10011010110000 1100101101001 10100101000 11000011100 11100001111000 100110100010 100100101100 110110100110 1101011010 110000101101 101000110110 100110100100 101010110000 1100111000 1010010111100 1110001100100 1011001100100 10110011000 10010100101010 10111011001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; ang is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Kung Mamili Ang Dalaga;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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