This is an analysis of the poem I'M Going Together With Jogi that begins with:

Going to Makkah is not the ultimate
Even if hundreds of prayers are offered...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab ac ac da ef Xa XX dg ah ah Xh bh bb gd ce ib bd XX cX Xj Xf Xe ff ad jXX dX Xb Xj ah Xj gX ii Xi ka kX bd bc dX Xg bgd gX Xd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010100 1001001110 1001010010100 1001001011011 10010010100 1001001011 10101000 10100001001 1101101010 1110101 1110000101 11101000011 1100101001110 1101000110 101111100101 11010111011 0101010111 11101111011 11101011 1111011011 1111010011 10011010011011 1011111100010 1011010101011 111110010 11010101010 111010101 11111010 101001001 1110100110 10111111 11011001010 1001010101 1010000101 110101011010100101 010010010 11011101011 0010010 1110110 111100101 0101010 1011011 1110 1111110 0110101 1010011 0101101011 10111111 10001 11010 010010010 101010011 11010110010 111010 11101 101110 01010101 0101010100011 11101001 10010111 010111 110101 101110111111010 01011001110 11011010110 11101110 1001110 0101111 110100101001 111101011001 011101110110 1110111101 0110111 0101010011 0101110 01001010 001001000100101110 1010010110010 0101011 11101 10011 110101010 1010101 011 110110010 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 42
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, at, night, i, with, ranjha, jogi, he's, know, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, i, he's, this, his are repeated.

    The author used the same words going, he, they 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 shepherd, jogi, people are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words done, you, jogi, people at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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