The Hajjis Go To Mecca by Bulleh Shah: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Hajjis Go To Mecca that begins with:

The hajjis go to Mecca.
My beloved Ranjha is my Mecca....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaB XXB AaB cXB aXB XcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 1010100110 11110 1110010 1110101 11110 0101010 1110110110 11110 1011011011 111101 11110 0101010 1111001100 11110 010010101110 111011 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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

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

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