Analysis of No Hope Comes My Way
Mirza Ghalib 1797 (Kala Mahal) – 1869 (Chandni Chowk, Delhi)
No hope comes my way
No visage shows itself to me
That death will come one day is definite
Then why does sleep evade me all night?
I used to laugh at the state of my heart
Now no one thing brings a smile
Though I know the reward of religious devotion
My attention does not settle in that direction
It is for these reasons that I am quiet
If not, would I not converse with you?
Why should I not remember you?
Even if you cannot hear my lament
You don't see the anguish in my heart
O healer, the scent of my pain eludes you
I am now at that point
That even I don't know myself
I die in the hope of dying
Death arrives and then never arrives
How will you face Mecca, Ghalib
When shame doesn't come to you
Scheme | XX AX BX CC AD DX BD XX XX XD |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 11111 11010111 1111111100 111101111 1111101111 1111101 1110011010010 1010111001010 11111011110 111111011 11110101 1011101101 111010011 11001111011 111111 1101111 11001110 101011001 1111101 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 693 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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