This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 10 that begins with:

pukarti hai khamoshi meri fugan ki tarah
nigahen kahtai hain sab raz-e-dil zuban ki tarah ...

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: 10011001010110 100101111110110 101111001111110 10111110110 101111011101 101110110110 101101110111 1010110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; main is repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Ghazal 10;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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