Sakuut-E-Shaam-E-Khizaa.N Hai Qariib Aa Jaao by Ahmad Faraz: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Sakuut-E-Shaam-E-Khizaa.N Hai Qariib Aa Jaao that begins with:

sakuut-e-shaam-e-Khizaa.N hai qariib aa jaao
ba.Daa udaas samaa.N hai qariib aa jaao ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101111011011 10101011011 111111001111110 110011011011 11101101110 101100011011 11111100111111 101011111011 110010011101110 10010011011 101011100101110 111111011011 10111010101 111100011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e, n, hai, qariib, aa, jaao, na are repeated.

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

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

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

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