Saaqiyaa Ik Nazar Jaam Se Pahale Pahale by Ahmad Faraz: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Saaqiyaa Ik Nazar Jaam Se Pahale Pahale that begins with:

saaqiyaa ik nazar jaam se pahale pahale
ham ko jaanaa hai kahii.n shaam se pahale pahale...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011111010 11101101111010 1111110001011 1101110111010 1111111011 100100111111010 10110111101 1111101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; pahale, se are repeated.

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

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

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