This is an analysis of the poem Bachaey Ki Duaa that begins with:

lab pe aatii hai duaa banake tamannaa merii
zindagii shammaa kii surat ho Khudaayaa merii...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX aa 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: 1110111010010 10010101110010 110011110011 11011001110011 1111111110110 11011110110110 10011010010111 111011110010011 11011001100100 110111011100100 1101011100100 1111111100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; kii, ho, se, n are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines merii, jaaye, ziinat, rab, karanaa, mujhako are repeated).

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  • summary of Bachaey Ki Duaa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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