This is an analysis of the poem Vafaa Ke Bhes Me.N Ko_Ii Raqiib-E-Shahar Bhii Hai that begins with:

vafaa ke bhes me.n ko_ii raqiib-e-shahar bhii hai
hazar! ke shahar ke qaatil tabiib-e-shahar bhii hai...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111010111 101011101010111 101011010011010 1111111010111 1011101101110 10111101010111 111111111101 1011111101010111 11101101111110 111101101010111 1011111100110 101011111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; e, shahar, hai, n, bhii, ke are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Vafaa Ke Bhes Me.N Ko_Ii Raqiib-E-Shahar Bhii Hai;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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