This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 9 that begins with:

phire rah se vo yahan ate ate
ajal meri rahi tu kahan ate ate ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa XX XX Xa Xa Xa
  • 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: 1111111011 10101010111 111111101 1011100011 110110111011 101110011 1100101110 1011010011 10011110011 1111111011 10011011100 10111011 10111101111 1101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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; ate is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same words ate, aate at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Ghazal 9;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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