This is an analysis of the poem Jee Nehein Lagta Ujrey Diyaar Mein (English) that begins with:

My heart has no repose in this despoiled land
Who has ever felt fulfilled in this futile world? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xb Xc Xc Xb XX Xa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111101001001 111010100101 010001011001001010 1101010010010001 111001111 110110001001 101010100100100 01110010011 11101110111 1100101010 010111010110 111101011 1010001010100 1101101000100100010 010001101101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (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; i, in are repeated.

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

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