Analysis of No Hope
Mirza Ghalib 1797 (Kala Mahal) – 1869 (Chandni Chowk, Delhi)
I am left with no hope at all,
No possibility to reach my goal,
The Day of my death is fixed,
I am so very anxious that I can not sleep all night.
Though I know the reward of obedience and worship,
But I have no tendency for it.
I am silent for a certain reason,
Otherwise I can convince you with my words,
Why I shouldn't cry,
For when I don't, she asks about me,
My heart is burning, though you cannot see the spot,
But O my doctor, can't you smell my heart burn?
I have reached to a certain state,
From where even I cannot find myself.
I am dying (Waiting anxiously) for my death,
I don't know where the hell my death has gone.
With what face you will go to Ka'ba, O! Ghalib,
You should be ashamed of yourself while thinking to go there.
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 11111111 101001111 0111111 11110101111111 11100110100010 111110011 1110101010 1011011111 11101 111111011 111101110101 11110111111 11110101 111011011 111010100111 1111011111 1111111111 11101101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 735 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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