This is an analysis of the poem Sar Mein Saudaa Bhi Nahin that begins with:

sar me.n saudaa bhii nahii.n dil me.n tamannaa bhii nahii.n
lekin is tark-e-mohabbat kaa bharosaa bhii nahii.n...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011011100110 100111001100110 1010101010011 10111101100110 10010010111110 11111000110110 11111100110110 11111101110110 11101100111001 1001001111100110 10011111110011 11011001100110 101111111111 1101101100110 10001100101011 11001010110110 111110111100110 11101101001100110 1111101001010110 1101101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; n, nahii, bhii, milanaa, e are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Sar Mein Saudaa Bhi Nahin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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