This is an analysis of the poem Dil Se Shauq E Rukh E Niko Na Gaya that begins with:

dil se shauq-e-rukh-e-niko na gaya
jhankna takna kabhu na gaya...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111110110 101010110 1101111101 111101100110 1111111110 10111111110 11011010010 11100101010 1111001 111111111110 1010111010 1110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 63
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less 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; na, e, gaya, o are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Dil Se Shauq E Rukh E Niko Na Gaya;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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