This is an analysis of the poem Patawad that begins with:

Yaóng nahirati sa pagpapatanghál
ng̃ kaniyang poot sa mg̃a upahán,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 62,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011000 110011110 1011110100 111010100 101100100100 10011100110 110101111 10001010100 110010110110 101101100010 10100010110 11011010110 1011110000 11100011010 100011001001 11010110100 11000011110 1110110010 1010110100 1010101000 11 1101010100 111001101 1101110010 11001011000 1110010100 1001010010 1010010110100 1101000100100 101001110 10111100010 1100011010 11000110100 1011010110 111011011 11010110010 1111011010 1010111110 1101011000 11001110010 10001011110 10101011100 101010110100 100100010110 11001110000 110001110010 1101111010 11110100110 110010111 11001011010 11001011010 101110011 10101110 11 1001111001 1100011001 10110100010 110100110100 1011011100 110100110000 1100111010 11000011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 434
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • 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, na, ak, alang are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Patawad;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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