This is an analysis of the poem Ang Mg~a Manggagawa that begins with:

Isáng lingóng singkád na pigta sa pawis
at kinakabaka ang madlang pang̃anib,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXbXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXcXXXXXXXXXXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 82,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110110 110000110100 101000110110 111000110000 11110010100 1010011011 1110011100 10011010010 11010011110 1110111110 1110011011 1101111000 11110100000 1100101000 111010101010 10011011010 1110110010 10001111110 11010010011 111000110110 11 1110011010 11110110000 1010001101 110000101000 1110011100 111110000 110100110110 1110010000 11011101000 1101010010 10011011010 10111110110 110000101000 1101001011 111000110110 10111110 10110110010 1101011011 1110011010 110100110100 1101001110 100101111 1101011010 11100110010 1110001110 1011001101 10100010100 10011011010 11011111000 1110100110 110100110100 100100101000 11 10110110000 111010000 100110101100 111100100 111110010 1101011100 1010101011000 1110001110 100000110100 1011011100 11010011011 101010101000 10000111001 1001011100 101011010 1110011100 11011011000 11110100100 11010110000 11110111100 11010101000 11011010010 11010101000 10100011001 11010101000 100111111 1111011010 1110010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2969
  • Average number of words per stanza: 591
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • 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, sa, di, n, na are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words na, iy, at, il, ang, iiay are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ang Mg~a Manggagawa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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