This is an analysis of the poem Jaageer that begins with:

phir usi waadi-e-shaadaab meiN lauT aayaa houN
jismeiN pinhaaN mire KhwaaboN ki tarabgaaheiN haiN...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XaXa XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011011101 10101010110001 110110110011 11110110101 110111010100 10100111110101 111011011101 11111010110101 11111100101 111011011011 10100101110010 101010011011 1101111011 1101101111 11001101100110 11111111111 101011010110110 11011010110110 1100101010101 111011010110110 11101101101110 100111110011 1110110111011 11111011011 111111001 10101010101110 1010111110101 11011001101110 11111110110 1010010110111 11110110101 11111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; hain, mein, kis, hai, ye, sab, mere, bhi, e, mirii, kii, na are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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