I Long For You, This Is So, What Can I Do by Bulleh Shah: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Long For You, This Is So, What Can I Do that begins with:

I long for you, this is so, what can I do?
I cannot live, I cannot die....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aba bcaA XdXA cXdA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11110011111 11011101 1111 10011 1111111 1010101101011 11110011111 01010010010 1110101 0111111011 11110011111 1101101001 1110100 1110111 11110011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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