O Flowers, Did You See My Love? by Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem O Flowers, Did You See My Love? that begins with:

O flowers, did you see my love ? O bulbuls,
Won't you help me find where he has gone ?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa Xb Xc Xb XX XX dd ac Xa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111110 111111111 1010110110100 0111111110100 001010001010101 1101001001111001 11011011010010 0100111011101 11111111100 01111100010 11111010010 0101101011 111111111 01011111001 111101010001 110110001001 10100111101010 11001010110010 0101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of O Flowers, Did You See My Love?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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