This is an analysis of the poem Dil E Purkhun Ki Ik Gulabi Se that begins with:

dil-e-purkhun ki ik gulabi se
umr bhar ham rahe sharabi se...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa Xa Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110011 1111010011 1101110111 1100110011 10111011101 1110110011 101110111 1110110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 59
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • 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; se, kam are repeated.

    The author used the same word dil at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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  • summary of Dil E Purkhun Ki Ik Gulabi Se;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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