This is an analysis of the poem Lagta Nahin Hai Dil Mera that begins with:

Lagtaa nahin hai dil meraa ujday dayaar mein
kis ki bani hai aalam-e-naa_paayedaar mein ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa aa Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111010101 1110110110001 11010011101110 1001010111101 1110111111 11011111001 10110010111 111011101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; hai, mein are repeated.

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

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

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