Dekh To Dil K Jan Se Uthta Hai by Mir Taqi Mir: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Dekh To Dil K Jan Se Uthta Hai that begins with:

dekh to dil k jan se uthta hai
ye dhuan sa kahan se uthta hai...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111101 1110111101 111111110 10110111101 1011111011 111011101 1011001110 0111011101 1011111110 110111101 1011110110 1110011101 1101111 111011101 111110111 111011101 11110101 1110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 60
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; hai, uthta, se are 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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