This is an analysis of the poem Maan Ka Jawaab that begins with:

Ye guftagu zara na hui maaN pe kaar-gar
haNs kar wufoor-e-yaas se laRhke pe ki nazar...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX XX XXXX XX XXXX XX XXXX bb XXXX cc XXXX XX XXXX XX XXXX XX bbbb XX XXXX XX XXXbXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101101111 1110111111101 1111011001010 110101110110 1011001111110 11110011001110 111011101110 1010110111111 101111110100 111111011100 111101001010 110111111010 10110111011100 110111001110 10111100011110 10111101110110 101101101000 10010111100 0101110111010 10111111111010 1010111101010 110011011010 100110011101001 1011110111001 10011111110 1110101011110 11111110110 1111111001100 1110111011111 10111110101111 10101110111011 1110101010110 100111111111010 101101101010 110011011011 101100111011 11110111111 01010111101010 11101101101110 111111011110 101011110111 101101101111 101001100111 101011111010 11111011001110 11010110111001 01011111101 111101111110 11110111101111 110111101101001 111011111001 100111000111001 1110101111010 1010111101010 10110110110 1111111011110 111011110100110 1011011101011 101111111010 1111111011010 101111101110 11101101110110 111101111010 01011110101011 1010110101111 0101011110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • 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; pe, ko, nahin, hai, ki, main, se, ke, ho, ka are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gayi, nahin, main, se, liye, ke, liya, men are repeated).

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  • summary of Maan Ka Jawaab;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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