Terii Baate.N Hii Sunaane Aaye by Ahmad Faraz: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Terii Baate.N Hii Sunaane Aaye that begins with:

terii baate.n hii sunaane aaye
dost bhii dil hii dukhaane aaye...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101 1111101 110101101 111101 101111011 111101 1101111011 111101 1000110111 111101 11000110110 111101 10111111001 1011101 1101110100 111101 11011100110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 64
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, aaye are repeated.

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

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

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