This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 14 that begins with:

uzr ane main bhi hai aur bulate bhi nahin
bais-e-tark-e-mulaqat batate bhi nahin ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aX aX 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: 11111110110 111110010110 110111011111 110110101110 1101010010011000 10101010110110 11111110111 1101101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; bhi, nahin are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ghazal 14;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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