Ab Jo Ik Hasrat E Jawani Hai Hai by Mir Taqi Mir: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ab Jo Ik Hasrat E Jawani Hai Hai that begins with:

ab jo ik hasrat-e-jawani hai
umr-e-rafta ki ye nishani hai...

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 tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011001 1110111001 11101011 1110111101 1001111010 111111001 110110110 11010001 111110011 1101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 60
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • 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; hai is repeated.

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

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

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