This is an analysis of the poem Gilah Hai Shauq Ko that begins with:

गिलह है शौक़ को दिल में भी तन्‌गी-ए जा का
गुहर में मह्‌व हुआ इज़्‌तिराब दर्‌या का ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bb Xb Xb Xb Xb Xb Xb XbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100001 101111111111 101110100101 111111111 101010111111 01111111011 1101111101 11111111111 111101011 110111101 11111111111 111111111101 1111111 1111011110111 11111011101 101111111110 111111111 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; h, e, hai, k are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word is repeated.

    The author used the same word at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same words , k at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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  • summary of Gilah Hai Shauq Ko;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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