This is an analysis of the poem Dil Ki Bisaat Kyaa Thii Nigaah-E-Jamaal Mein that begins with:

dil ki bisaat kyaa thii nigaah-e-jamaal meN
ek aaiinaa thaa TuuT gayaa dekh bhaal meN...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa aa aa Xa Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011101101 1101110111 11111110111 10111111101 1000101101101 11011111101 111101101101 110101101101 111101011101 111101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; men, ek, khayaal are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Dil Ki Bisaat Kyaa Thii Nigaah-E-Jamaal Mein;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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