This is an analysis of the poem Huii Hai Shaam To Aa.Nkho.N Me.N Bas Gayaa Phir Tuu that begins with:

hu_ii hai shaam to aa.Nkho.n me.n bas gayaa phir tuu
kahaa.N gayaa hai mere shahar ke musaafir tuu ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX X XX XX XX X XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010111011 1010110111001 10101111111 1110101101101 1100000 10101111111001 101011110111 1001011 11111001100100 11001110011010 11001110101001 1000100 1010111011010001 1110111001101 10111001110 100101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tuu, hai, n, e are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Huii Hai Shaam To Aa.Nkho.N Me.N Bas Gayaa Phir Tuu;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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