This is an analysis of the poem Walang Katubusan that begins with:

Ang bagay na itó'y mapaglalabanan
kung ang mangagawa'y mang̃agtútulung̃án,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 53,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110100000 11100001000 10101111000 1010001110 101111000 1111010110 111001100 1101011110 1101011110 11010010110 11010011111 10110010010 11011011000 110100101 1000111001 11011011110 10101111010 10100011010 11000101100 100000110000 11 11001011011 110100110 110101110010 110101110 10100011110 11010011100 111011100 1111110000 100101010 1110011001 111011000 1111011001 110110101000 11000010110 1010110000 101110101 1001101100 110110100100 111111100 1110011100 11100110010 11010010010 110011101000 111011011 1011110110 101100110100 10101011000 1101001110 101101101000 10010111001 101100101100 11100100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1919
  • Average number of words per stanza: 376
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • 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; ang, ng, sa, si, sil are repeated.

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

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

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