This is an analysis of the poem Shab Ko Wo Pie Sharab Nikla that begins with:

shab ko wo pie sharab nikla
jana ye k aftab nikla...

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 tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 10111010 1010111 11101010 101101110 01110110 11111110 111101010 11011011111 1111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 54
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; nikla is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Shab Ko Wo Pie Sharab Nikla;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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