This is an analysis of the poem ¡pangarap! that begins with:

Masabi ang gayón ng̃ nagsasalaysay,
naghintong sandali,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 67,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011110000 100100 110100101000 10110010100 110110110100 1011001110 101000 11000011100 110100110100 111000100000 1010010110 1100 1101111010 11000101000 1101000101000 1100011100 11110 11010010100 10100011001 110010110010 11 10111011000 11000 1101011001 11011011000 10100011000 1001000101101 1010 111111110 110000110010 11010011010 10100011010 10100 111000110110 1100011110 1101011010 1110110000 11010 111001101000 11100011000 101101001000 110010101000 1110010 10000010000 10010011011 110100101100 11110101010 110100 110000110010 1110011110 1011111100 101000110000 110100 11 101000101100 1111011000 11001111000 10100110110 100100 11110101000 1010001100100 1110100100 100111100 1101000 10011011100 1100010100 11010010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 383
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; ng, na, ang are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ang is repeated.

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  • summary of ¡pangarap!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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