This is an analysis of the poem Ang Puso Ng~ Dukha that begins with:

Lubhang mapagbatá, pipi't mapagtipíd
sa lalong mabigát na mg̃a pasakit,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 138,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010100 1101011100 1010010100 101000101010 110100010000 111011010 101100101000 1100111100 10100010110 1101011010 101000101000 110100111000 10100110100 11010110100 10111110 11010101100 1101101110 1100001110 100010011110 11100010010 11 11011010 1101011011 1110110100 11101011010 1110110110 111101110 101001011 11010 11010 110011010 10110110110 11110110000 1101110100 10100011010 1111 1000101 1111011010 101100101000 110101100100 110101110 111100100110 10011101110 111001110010 111000110100 110001110 11000110100 10110101100 1101001110 111000010010 1010011000 1000110110 1100111010 11 101111000 101001100 110011001 11010011100 10010110000 1111100100 11000011010 110000100110 1110001011 1010011100 1110011010 11011011010 10111011001 100110100100 110001100010 10100010100 10001011010 1101111100 1000111010 101100110100 10110110100 1011101100 1011011100 11100100000 110110010100 101100110000 11111100 1101011100 11010110110 110100101100 111100100000 111001100 11 1110110000 110000110100 101000101010 1101011100 1011011010 11011010110 11010011011 1110001101 110110110100 110110010110 110110110000 110110110000 111001101000 11110101000 1111011010 1110011010 11010101010 110000110100 1100011010 11000011010 1110101000 1101001100 1101111000 11110010 111111010 11010110100 1100101000 10110011110 11000110010 1101011110 11001110000 111001100100 11 110111110 1111011010 1100101000 110101100 110111110100 111011110100 101100101000 10011001000 11100110100 1111011110 10101010100 11001110100 110010111 1110011010 11011101000 1110011010 10100110000 1100010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4851
  • Average number of words per stanza: 972
  • Amount of lines: 138
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, sa, ang, n, may, il, at, na are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase at connects the lines.

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  • summary of Ang Puso Ng~ Dukha;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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