Sholaa Thaa Jal-Bujhaa Huu.N, Havaaye.N Mujhe Na Do by Ahmad Faraz: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Sholaa Thaa Jal-Bujhaa Huu.N, Havaaye.N Mujhe Na Do that begins with:

sholaa thaa jal-bujhaa huu.N havaaye.n mujhe na do
mai.n kab kaa jaa chukaa huu.N sadaaye.n mujhe na do ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa Xa Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101100111 1111101100111 11011011011110 110100110111 101011110001110 11111100111 11110011001110 11111101100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 11

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; n, mujhe, huu, na are repeated.

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

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

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

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