This is an analysis of the poem Dalawáng Puso that begins with:

Binata't dalaga'y kapuwa naiwan
na magkaagapay sa kináuupán;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXaXXXXdXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdXbXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 149,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100010010 11000110 10010010010 1100110000 1100011100 1001100100110 11010010110 1110110010 110000110000 11010011010 1011010110 110010100 10110101100 100010011010 110100100110 1110011010 11010001101 10001111010 11100010110 110110101100 11 101110 11010 11001 11011 110100100010 110011110 11010101100 101100 10111 1110110110 11011010011 110011110 110111011 110110110100 111111010 11110111000 110110110100 101011100000 101111111 11001110 10111 101100 1101101110 110111011 1111010110 11010101000 10001110010 11100100010 110100110000 110001101000 11010110110 10001001101 11 11010111011 1010011100 11011110100 11000110110 111010111100 110100110000 100000110100 1110011100 100011000 110011101000 11010010110 1101001100 11011101 11110000 1100101111 1111010100 11110010100 11100101100100 11010110100 101110101000 1010011100 110100110100 10110011100 1111010100 101011100 11011101000 11011 10011 1011011010 10110011011 11000111010 11 1100101000 11011001001 1110010100 11001011110 101101101000 111011111 1110011110 11101101010 11000101100 1100110100 1110001011 1110110110 111011110 11101110000 1001110001 110111000100 110001101 11011111 101101110010 10110111001 1110011011 10110110100 101001110100 1101110 11011110 110100111100 1111100110 111001100 10110110100 111001111 11010100101 11010011010 11 10110011110 1101001010 10110011010 11010011110 101000100100 1101011010 1111011000 101010100 1100111010 10101010000 1111011011 1100111110 111100110000 101101111 110111010 111001110100 11100110100 110010110110 110001100000 1101011000 100101011110 10100110100 11010110001 11000010111 111101011 110101010100 11010011110 110101101 110110101100 11001100000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1067
  • Amount of lines: 149
  • 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; kapuwa, n, ng, ang, ko, sa, ak, may, l, di, kit are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ng, na, kung, hindi, at, di are repeated.

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

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