This is an analysis of the poem Zakhm Ko Phuul To Sar, Sar Ko Sabaa Kahate Hai.N that begins with:

zaKhm ko phuul to sar sar ko sabaa kahate hai.n
jaane kyaa daur hai kyaa log hai.n kyaa kahate hai.n ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa Xa Xa aa Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011110101 11111111101 1100111111111 1101101000101 11001111100100 1000101101101 11101101110110 10110110110101 1101111010011 1111101110101 110011111100110 1111001100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; hai, n, kyaa, kahate, ke, o are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n is 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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