This is an analysis of the poem Karbala Part Ii that begins with:

Jheelon se chaar paaye na uthte thay taaba shaam
Maskan mein machliyoon ke samandar ka tha maqaam...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaa bXXXXX XXXcdd XXXXccaaaabbXXbbcc XeXXff XXXXXX XXXXff XXXbdd XXXXff dddddd XXXXaa XXXXdd ggggbb XXXXXX ddddgg XXXXcc XXXXbb XXXXcc ccccdd bbbbbb bbbbXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXbb XXXXgg XXXXhh iiiXXX XeeXXX XXXXXX bXbXXX jXjXbb XbXbXX bbbXaa bXXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,18,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111111101 10110011001110 101101110101 101110111111 101011011101011 1010110111111 10101011111111 1110110110110 10111110001100 101011111111 1011111111111 111110011011 1011101100110 101100100110 11110101111110 1111101011011 10111011101 101111110101 1011011111111 1011100110110 1110111001100 101101010110 1001110111101 101111011001 111111101011 10111011111 101111001011 10111011011011 10111001100101 1101110110101 110111110110 10110101101010 1011101101011 110110111001101 111110110111 111101101 0111110110 1101101110101 101110111011 10101111101110 0110111101 10111110101 10111111010 1011011110111 1001011110010 10111011110 10111110110 111011111110 10111110111 10101011011 100110110111 101011011011 101100110101 11011110111 10110111100 101011011010 1011011101100 10111101011 110111011 101010110111 111111101110 101111100110 101111011010 101010111010 1010101110101 1010111110101 101101101011 101011101011 101010110011 101011111111 1111011011101101 111111101001 1111011001010 1010111101010 1011101111110 111110001010 1011111111111 11010101111 11101011011010 10101010101010 1010111001010 011101011001010 1110111011011 1110111011011 1011111101 11111110101 101111111101 101011110101 111110111011 101011110111 111001101110 11010101101010 10111110110 1110101001110 1011111101111 101011110101 1111101100011 101101100011 100111100011 100111100011 10100111101111 11101011111 111111011010 10111110110 111001101110 11111011011011 10100111111 11110011111 10101110100 01111110100 11011110100 100111110100 101010111101 110010111011 1111101101011 101011101011 1011101101011 11011111011 101010111001 11001010111 101110111101 101010100101 110011110101 11110110101 10011100111 101001100111 11111101101 10111101111 10111001111 101111111111 11101100111 110110110111 101111110011 11110010011 1011001100011 111011110011 11101010110 10111010110 1011111010011 110101101010 111111010110 1111111111100 1011111110101 1111011101001 01111111101010 1010101010010 10010111011110 111101111110 1011101111100 111111111100 1110111001010 111011111110 1111011010 101011101100 1001011011101 101001101101 101101110100 111111110110 10101110110 1110111101100 110101011001 11110011001 10111011011 101100111011 10111011011 111101111 101111110101 10101110101 111110101111 11011111101011 1111100111011 1011111011010 1010101110111 101111010111 10111111010 11101010101011 10101011011111 10100111011101 10111001011010 1010111101110 10110110111110 1010110011110 10100101011110 111010010111110 1001111111110 101101101110 1110101010111 10101011001010 10111101101001 10101011011010 11011111101110 111111111110 10110100101110 10111011011000 011111001010 111111101100 1011110111 101001100111 10101011011010 101111110111 10111011101101 1011010110011 0111101110110 1010101011010 101100110111011 1011011001001 11011100111 1011110011010 1010101101111 1011010101111 10101110101111 1010100101110 101010011111 1100101010110 101011101001 100111110111 10110111101110 11111110110 1010011010110 1010011101110 10101010100110 10011111000110 11100101101010 1010110101010 1010111111010 1111010101010 11101010111101 1111100100111 1100011111010 1011110101010 1110011101010 011011001010 1010110110101 11101110101 1110101110111 1011010111 1101110111101 101010110101 11111110101 101101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 240
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thay, se, e, thi, tha, mein, aaye, leke, ka, badhey, ki, huwa, ke, hussain, hai, ye, marhaba, bas, gaye, par, ab, huwe, ghazab, kabhi, gir, kya, karoon, gayi, guzar, karo, band are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words bas, phir, ab are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines se, thhe, thi, mein, par, ko, nahi, aaye, ho, gaye, badhey, ki, huwa, chali, ka, ke, hain, marhaba, bas, teer, nahin, mujhe, zuljanaah, hai, huwe, gaya, ghazab, padha, girey, karoon, gayi, karo, band are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Karbala Part Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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