This is an analysis of the poem Wo Jo Ham Main Tum Main Qarar Tha that begins with:

wo jo ham main tum main qarar tha tumhen yad ho k na yad ho
wahi yani wada nibah k tumhen yad ho k na yad ho ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa Xa ba Xa Xa Xa Xa ba Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110110111111 10101010110111111 1111100011111000 111111010111111 11101010110111010 01011111010111111 1011111110111111 1100101110111111 10111111110111111111 10111101010111111 110011110110101111 101100110010111111 1111101011011111 1111101010111111 1011111111101000111100 1101110010111111 11001111111001011 110101111010111111 1110101110100 110110110010111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; yad, ho, wo, k, tumhen, na, ka, bhi, kabhi, tum, ham, se, ki are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words wo, kabhi are repeated.

    The author used the same word wo 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 ho is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Wo Jo Ham Main Tum Main Qarar Tha;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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