This is an analysis of the poem Naqsh Faryadi that begins with:

Urdu Script
نقش فریادی ہے کس کی شوخیِ تحریر کا...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a a a bb Xb Xb XbXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 10001 1011 1100110101101 10011001101101 111110011011 1010111011111 1011100111010 1011011011101 10111001101010 10110110101101 101101001110111 11101011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e, ka 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 , ka are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words , ka 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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