This is an analysis of the poem Ang Tunay Na Lalaki (The Real Man) Stalks In The Streets Of New York that begins with:

Looking to harvest what makes him happy.
The AA meetings have thrown...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccXXaXcdedXdXXfXbcXfdXggecXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011110 011011 100100101010 11001011 1101001 010101010 0101110 01010001111 101010110 10101000001 0011101 010010111 110010110 1101011 10010101010100 101010010 101000011010 00110001010 10101110010 101110100 10111101 11000110 1111101011001 0111110111 110001101 110100011001 00010100010 00101101011 1010101 11110101010 1010101010101000 010010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; without, bira, hala are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, without, for are repeated.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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