This is an analysis of the poem Yar Tha Gulzar Tha that begins with:

yar tha gulzar tha bad-e-saba thi main na tha
layaq-e-pa-bos-e-jan kya hina thi main na tha...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111101111 10111111101111 111110101010 110010111101111 111101101111110 111011011101111 110011011110011 11010111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; e, tha, thi, main, na are repeated.

    The author used the same word main at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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