This is an analysis of the poem Cheen-O-Arab Hamaaraa that begins with:

Cheen-o-arab hamaaraa, hindostaaN hamaaraa
rahne ko ghar nahiiN hai, saaraa jahaaN hamaaraa...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aXXXX aXXXX XXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,5,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100100100 1111011010100 1110100 1011101101111 1001101110100 101100101101010 1110010011100100 1110100 100110011011111 101011100100 111100111010 1110101100100 1110100 1011001010100 1011001110100 1110100 1011101010110 10111011100100 1110101101001 101111001010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hamaaraa, hain, hai are repeated.

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

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

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