This is an analysis of the poem Ang Tunay Na Lalaki (The Real Man) Is Baffled By Cryptic Messages that begins with:

He finds on cheap match covers.
PLEASE MAKE ME ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXXdbccXXeaXcafacceaadf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110 111 1101 00111110101 10100101011010 01111001011 0100101011101 001010111 1011011111 1011111101 0111001 10100100100101 1000111 00101100101 010010110 1110101 111001110 1010111001 011111010 11001010101 1110010010 010010011 010100011 01001011110 10101001 10101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 985
  • Average number of words per stanza: 189
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; on, of, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, as are repeated.

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