This is an analysis of the poem Ab Koi Gulshan Na Ujare that begins with:

Ab koii gulshan na ujaRe, ab vatan aazaad hai
ruuh gangaa kii himaalay ka badan aazaad hai...

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: 1110110110101 1101100110101 1001010010010100 11011010011101 1001111001110 111111100101 1101110111011 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; aazaad, hai, mein are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ab Koi Gulshan Na Ujare;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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