This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 13 that begins with:

tumhare khat main naya ik salam kis ka tha
na tha raqib to akhir vo nam kis ka tha ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110101111 1110010111111 111111101111 1111110111111 1010100110 101111110111 1011111011110 10110110111 11111011110 100111100111 101101110110 11111111110111 1010111011010 1111101111 10101110010011110 101111011111 1111111110010 1101111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; tha, ye, kis are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word tha 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 13;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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