This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 4 that begins with:

dil gaya tum ne liya ham kya karen
janevali chiz ka gam kya karen ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa Xa Xa Xa Xa Xa Xa Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101110 1000111110 11110110 110111110 11111000 11101101110 1111111111 111001100110 1011110100 101001111110 1111010100 1100111100110 111101011000 110001100110 100111111 10111101110 110110110011 10101101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; apni is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ghazal 4;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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