Rahi Nagufta Mere Dil Mein Dastan Meri by Mir Taqi Mir: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Rahi Nagufta Mere Dil Mein Dastan Meri that begins with:

rahi nagufta mere dil mein dastan meri
na is dayar mein samjha koi zaban meri...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001111010 101011011010 10111101111110 10101111010 1011110111011 111101110010 1101110101 1111100010110 101010101101 1010111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; meri, e are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Rahi Nagufta Mere Dil Mein Dastan Meri;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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