This is an analysis of the poem Khvaab Marate Nahii.N that begins with:

Khvaab marate nahii.n
Khvaab dil hai.n na aa.Nkhe.n na saa.Nse.n ke jo...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXXXXXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010 11111011011 1010101010 1111111110 11010 101001101101 11100111010 111001111010 100110110110 100110111010 1011 1011 10101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; n, nahii, hai are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word khvaab at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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