This is an analysis of the poem Har Ek Chehare Ko Zakhmon Ka Aina Na Kaho that begins with:

Har ek chehare ko zakhmon ka aina na kaho
Ye zindagi to hai rahamat ise saza na kaho...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110110110110 110001100110110 1111100001101 1111010100110 10011110111001 11001101100110 111110101110 1101111110110 101101000110 1001111010110 110011011010 11101001100110 101111010111001 1110111100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; na, kaho 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 kaho is repeated).

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

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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