This is an analysis of the poem Gam Raha Jab Tak K Dam Main Dam Raha that begins with:

gam raha jab tak k dam main dam raha
dil k jane ka nihayat gam raha...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111110 1111100110 1110100110 1111110110 111100111 1101110110 101100110111 11011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; raha, k are repeated.

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

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

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