This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 15 that begins with:
un k ek jan-nisar ham bhi hain
hain jahan sau-hazar ham bhi hain ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa Xa Xa Xa Xa Xa Xa Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110111 110110111 111011110 111100111 1101011001 11100111 011011010 11101111 11011001 11100111 1101011110 11011111 11110101010 110110111 111111110 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 63
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; bhi, hain, ham are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tum is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hain is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word hain at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase hain connects the lines.
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- summary of Ghazal 15;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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