This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 3 that begins with:

Ajab apna hal hota jo visal-e-yar hota
kabhi jan sadqe hoti kabhi dil nisar hota ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aX XX XX a XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101101110 1011101011010 11011001111101 1111011110 110110011100110 11010101101010 111100010111 101010011010010 10010 11001100101011011 1110111011110101110 10110100110010 1110011001100111000111 01010100101010001101001 1101111111 1110001011101010111010 0110101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hota, to, had, be, my, of, i are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word hota 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 3;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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