This is an analysis of the poem Shab Tum Jo Bazm-E-Gair Me.N Aa.Nkhe.N Churaa Gaye that begins with:

shab tum jo bazm-e-Gair me.n aa.Nkhe.n churaa gaye
khoye gaye ham aise ke aGyaar paa gaye...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa Xa Xa Xa Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111110101 111111011 100111111010111 1011011011 1011111100011100 11010110101 11111011001110 10111110111 10011110111011110 11101111111 1101111110110 1101100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; gaye, n, e, se are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Shab Tum Jo Bazm-E-Gair Me.N Aa.Nkhe.N Churaa Gaye;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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