Khamosh Ho Kyo.N Daad-E-Jafaa Kyuu.N Nahii.N Dete by Ahmad Faraz: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Khamosh Ho Kyo.N Daad-E-Jafaa Kyuu.N Nahii.N Dete that begins with:

Khamosh ho kyo.n daad-e-jafaa kyuu.N nahii.n dete
bismil ho to qaatil ko duaa kyuu.N nahii.n dete ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111101101 101010111101 100110101100101 10111101101101 11101011011111 110001101101 101101011010 10011010101101 100101011011111 10010101101101 1111110101101 1011011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 11

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; n, nahii, kyuu, dete, to, e are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word dete at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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