This is an analysis of Ghazal 6 by Daagh Dehlvi.

khatir se ya lihaz se main man to gaya
jhuthi qasam se ap ka iman to gaya…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Metre: 10111101111010 1010111110010 10111111110 1010001010010 111111110010 101100101010 101101111111 101011110010 1011111010011 111111110010 11001111101101 1111111110010 111011110111 11111110010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

se, to, o

Epiphora

gaya