This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 6 that begins with:

khatir se ya lihaz se main man to gaya
jhuthi qasam se ap ka iman to gaya ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10111101111010 1010111110010 10111111110 1010001010010 111111110010 101100101010 101101111111 101011110010 1011111010011 111111110010 11001111101101 1111111110010 111011110111 11111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; se, to, o are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ghazal 6;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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