Koft Se Jan Lab Par Ai Hai by Mir Taqi Mir: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Koft Se Jan Lab Par Ai Hai that begins with:

koft se jan lab par ai hai
ham ne kya chot dil pe khai hai...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 111111111 1101110 11111101 10110011 110101111 110011111 10111101 111101101 11110101 11111101 10011101 111111001 110111001 111011111 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 55
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hai is repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase hai connects the lines.

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