This is an analysis of the poem Ang Mag-Iná that begins with:

¡Giliw ng̃ pag-giliw! Kung ang pagmamahál
ay ipagagawa ng̃ sadyang larawan,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXbXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXddXXbXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXeXXXXfXXXXXfaXXXXXXccXaXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 128,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011100 110000110100 11011110110 1101011010 100110111000 1100001110 100111010000 1010110110 11110111000 11011010100 100101110 10100010100 100010011010 11000111110 10100110110 1101110110 10011101000 10011100100 111010100 11001110110 11 1110010010 11001011000 10110100010 1110010100 1101001111 101011110 11010110000 1100011100 11010110001 1011011011 1101010010 111101111 100110110000 110100101000 1011100110 110101001100 110110110100 1101011010 11001111110 1111110100 11100111000 1111011100 111011000 111011010 101100101100 111001010100 11010010110 1011101011 111111010 1110100101100 100110101001 11001110011 11 1100100000 1101011101 1101100100 1101111011 111110010 10110110110 1011001100100 11010100000 1000110110 111001100100 111100111000 1010011101 1111010100 1010011001 11110101110 1100111001 1001111100 1010010110 1011001010 110010110010 1010111010 111000101110 10100011001 11001001111 10011010100 110110101100 100000100 11000110000 10110011110 11010011011 100011010010 1100001001000 11 1100100110010 1111110110 1010001001000 101000101000 111011110 1100010110 11101101100 111010010100 10010110100 1101010100 110110101000 11110110100 10110111000 11000110110 1110011010 10101111 1111110100 10100100110 11011101000 11110110010 10110011000 111111100 101110110 110010011110 1010101011 111010010100 1100110010 1010011110 10110100000 110111100 110110010110 111010110100 11 1011011000 110101111 10101110000 1100111010 10110010100 11101011010 11111010 110101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4576
  • Average number of words per stanza: 918
  • Amount of lines: 128
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; ng, ang, n, na, walang, sa, t, at, ay are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n is repeated).

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