This is an analysis of the poem Saathi Haath Barhaanaa that begins with:

Sathi haath baRhaanaa, saathi haath baRhaanaa
ek akela thak jaayega, mil kar bojh uThaanaa...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX aaXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,5,5,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100101100 11001100111100 101100 1100011111010100 1011101010111100 100111100110 11001010100110 101100 101011101011110 11011011101010 1011111010111 1010111010101 101100 111110101101100 11111010110110 1111101110110 11111010111010 101100 1011111001010111 11010011011010111 11101101111100 1100111101100 101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; haath, barhaanaa, ki, ek, ban, se, mile, to, hai are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Saathi Haath Barhaanaa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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