This is an analysis of the poem Si Pedro that begins with:

Isáng manggagawa, ginoo ng̃ sipag,
mabikas ang tindíg, noo'y aliwalas,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 78,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010110 10011101000 11001110000 1100100110110 110100100000 1100110100 1110100101000 11011011100 011001100 1101101010 11011010011 110000110110 1101000100000 101001010 1010101010 1100111110 1001000110100 1101001101 101000111010 11011011011 11 1111110100 110000110010 1101011100 11000011010 11010110110 1101111010 11010010011 11010101000 10011110100 111100101 110100110000 1101101010 111111101 110100110010 1010001110 1101001111 1001101010 11101010100 110111110 10111011000 0110110101 11100110001 110110110100 1110011101 1010110000 11110101000 11110110100 11101110100 110110100000 11110100110 111010101000 11101011110 11 10001110101 111001100100 110100101000 1101101111 11010101000 11010011110 110100110100 1100111100 110100110 11100110110 1001010100 110110110100 101000110100 11010011110 10110011010 101100110100 010101110 1111101000 10000110100 11010110100 10100110110 110100110100 100100110100 11011011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2801
  • Average number of words per stanza: 557
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • 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, sa, n, ang are repeated.

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

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

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