This is an analysis of the poem Arzuen Hazar Rakhte Hain that begins with:

Arzuen hazar rakhte hain
to bhi ham dil ko mar rakhte hain...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa ba Xa Xa ba Xa Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101011 01111111 11101110 1110011 111011001 110111111 110110110 1111111 11111100110 11101011 11111010 1101011 11111101 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 60
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; rakhte, hain, na are repeated.

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

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

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