This is an analysis of the poem Bhool Sakta Hai Bhalaa Kaun Ye Pyaari Aankhein that begins with:

Bhool saktaa hai bhalaa kaun ye pyaarii aaNkheiN
raNg meiN Doobi huii neeNd se bhaarii aaNkheiN...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110111010 111011111010 1101101 101111111110110 11110110111100110 11011010110010 111011111010 1101101 11100110010110 1110110010110 11110010110010 111011111010 1101101 10010110110011 111101110011 101011110010 110110111010 1110101111010 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hai, se, jaayein, mil are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines aankhein, tumhein, jaayein, jaaye are repeated).

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

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  • summary of Bhool Sakta Hai Bhalaa Kaun Ye Pyaari Aankhein;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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