This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 5 that begins with:

gazab kiya, tere vade pe aitabar kiya
tamam rat qayamat ka intezar kiya ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX aX XX XX XX aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011110010 101100110010 101011111110 1000100110010 1111100101110 10101001110010 10011111111001 11001011110010 111010111010 11110110110010 101111101111 101110110010 101011001101110 1010110011010 10010110111101 11101101100010 111101111100 10101011110010 111110010111 1110010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; kiya is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ghazal 5;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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