Analysis of Innocent heart
Mirza Ghalib 1797 (Kala Mahal) – 1869 (Chandni Chowk, Delhi)
Innocent heart, what has happened to you?
Alas, what is the cure to this pain?
We are interested, and they are displeased,
Oh Lord, what is this affair?
I too possess a tongue-
just ask me what I want to say.
Though there is none present without you,
then oh God, what is this noise about?
I expected faith from those
who do not even know what faith is.
| Scheme | AX XX XX AX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 1001111011 011101111 1110001101 1111101 110101 11111111 111110011 111111101 1010111 111101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 357 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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