This is an analysis of the poem Patta Patta, Boota Boota, Haal Hamaaraa Jaane Hai that begins with:

Patta patta, boota boota, haal hamaaraa jaane hai,
Jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane, baagh to saaraa jaane hai....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aX aX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10101010110011 1111111101011 111001110101011 11010111011011 10101011110101 1111111101011 10101001111111110 101011010111011 1110110110111100110 1011111001110011 100101100110111 11111100111011 1011110101110101 10111111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jaane, khuda, hai, e, o 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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