This is an analysis of the poem Ab Aayein Ya Na Aayein that begins with:

Ab aayeiN ya na aayeiN idhar puuchhate chalo
kyaa chaahati hai un ki nazar puuchhate chalo...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110101010 1100111011010 11110111100011 101011101010 1111101110101 1111101101010 1101101101011 111011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; chalo, puuchhate, hain are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ab Aayein Ya Na Aayein;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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