This is an analysis of the poem Jab Kabhi Unki Tavajjo Mein Kami that begins with:

Jab kabhi unki tavajjo meiN kami paayii gayii
az-sar-e-nau daastaan-e-shauq dohraayii gayii...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001101010 1111101110010 1111111111010 10010110111010 11110011111 110011100111010 110111010101110 110111011111010 1111101111111 1110011110010 11101100110111 10101101101010 11111100111110 101101111101010 1011011101110 1011011101010 1011111010111 11100100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; gayii, e, kaise, un are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Jab Kabhi Unki Tavajjo Mein Kami;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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