This is an analysis of the poem Shikwaa that begins with:
Kyun Ziyaankar Banu, Sood Faramosh Rahoon?
Fikr-e-Farda Na Karoon, Mehw-e-Gham-e-Dosh Rahoon?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XX aaaa X XXXbX cc XXdX XX XXXX cc bbbb cc XXXX eX ffff cc XXXX gg XXXX ff XXXX hh XXXX XX XXXX XX bbbb dd cccc XX XXXX XX XXXX XX XXXX ee cccc XX XXXX XX XXXX bb XXXX XX XXXX XX XXXX XX XXXX cc XXXX XX XXXX ii XXXX XX XXXX XX bbbb XX XXXX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,1,5,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010110010 11101101111110 11101101100110 1001111111010 1010101110110 1010111010110 1111011011011 101110111011 1101100111011 10101101111011 1101011011011 1011111011011 111010111101110 11111011100110 1101110110101 11110110110110 10100110110001 1010110111001 11110110110110 1010010101010 10110110110101 10111110111 111011011110 10110110110110 1100101011001 111111111001 101011001001 10101100101001 11111010111 1110101110111 01011101101 100110110101 11001010110001 101001111001 1101110110001 10101111001 1110110110011 1101111011 1111101010011 1001010011011 1101111110110 11001101100110 11101011110 1101110111010 1111010111010 11111111110 1101111100111 11101110100111 101110011101 1010111101011 101011001101 1111101101 1101010001101 1110101001101 101101010010 11110011010 1010100110010 101011100101010 101011101110 111110001010 1001101101110 1011101101110 1111110010110 1110101111010 1011011011011 11011011011 1011110110111 11011010111 11111010101 11011010111 1111101111 1110110111 10110111011001 1101100111001 111100111001 110110111001 1011101110010 1100101011010 1001111010011 1111111011 10101110111011 101111111011 100111011001 110111010001 110101111001 110101111001 10110111011001 1101101101 100111011110 101011111110 110010111010 101011111110 1111110111110 1101001101011 1110101010010 1111110110010 110001110110010 101011110111110 11111101101110 101110101110 1011011011001 11111110101 1010111000100 110111100100 111011011100100 111010101110100 11111100110110 10101110110110 101011010011 1110110101111 110111010011 1111011011 11011011010 11011011010 11101101110110 101111011110110 1111101110110 101101101101110 1110001110110 1101110110110 10101101100110 10010101100110 111110000110 11101100100110 11011011011 1001110110011 1111101101110 101101101110 10011011101110 110011101110 1011010111011 110010111101 1110110111010 110110011110 101010111010 111010111010 111010011010 110101011110 101111011100110 11001100110110 1111011101110 111011110110110 11111111011 010001101111 10111101111 1111010111 11001011111 1101110011 1100111111000 11100110110100 11100101111110 01010110110110 1001111111110 1101101010011 1001110111011 11011011111 100101101101 1110011011001 110110011101 111110011001 111101101001 1101001010101 111100101101110 11001111110110 11110101101110 101001110110110 110111110010 111110110010 10001110011100110 10011111100110 11001001110110 100101111100110 11101110101010 1101100110010 11111011011 1101110111011 110110111 1101101111 010011011110 11111100011110 1010110110111 1001011101111 10110111101111 110101001111 10111111100110 101011111100110
- Amount of stanzas: 62
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 193
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; rahoon, e, hai, hain, bhi, mein, ke, liye, se, jaate, kisne, huwi, o, banda, phire, ko, humne, gaye, nahi, duniya, rahe, wahi, ka, choda, rahi, na, tuney, raha, aayee, baithe, karde, chaman, huwein, dil, houn are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words isi, kisne, kiski, tere are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rahoon, mujhko, hum, sunle, thi, tera, bhi, ne, mein, ki, liye, the, kisne, ko, huwi, huwe, phire, hamne, humne, nahi, hain, par, gaye, hai, duniya, rahe, lekar, wahi, maani, choda, rahi, tuney, raha, aayee, baithe, de, karde, ma, chaman, abtak, huwein, uski, houn, meri are repeated).
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- summary of Shikwaa;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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