This is an analysis of the poem Jag Main Akar Idhar Udhar Dekha that begins with:

jag main akar idhar udhar dekha
tu hi aya nazar jidhar dekha ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101010 1110011010 111111010 110111110 101001110 1111101110 1101111100 111111011110 1101011 1110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 58
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; dekha is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Jag Main Akar Idhar Udhar Dekha;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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