This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 8 that begins with:

na jao hal-e-dil-e-zar dekhte jao
k ji na chahe to na char dekhte jao ...

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: 111111111 111101111 1011111101110 1010111011 10111010101 101110110011 10111010010110 101111011 10011111100100 1011011011 111111000110 10101100011 11111111110 101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; e, na, jao are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ghazal 8;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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