This is an analysis of the poem Tohmaten Chand Apne Zimme Dhar Chale that begins with:

tohmaten chand apne zimme dhar chale
jis liye aye the so ham kar chale ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX aX XX XX aX bX bX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111 11101111 100111101 100111011 110101011110 11110101 1010100111 110110111 111110110 111010111 101101011 11101011 11111101 11011101 110110100 1111101 1011101101 111101011 111111011 110110111 111110111 111010101 10011101110 110111011 11101111 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; chale is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Tohmaten Chand Apne Zimme Dhar Chale;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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