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Poetry Explainer

The moon spilled silver on the ruined wall,

And every shadow learned a softer name.

A quiet bird kept watch above us all,

As if the night itself recalled our flame.

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The speaker turns the night into a witness. Moonlight softens ruin, and memory keeps love alive even in silence.

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More than a translation

It researches the poet, explains the metaphors, and lets you ask questions — all from a single verse.

Smart Translation

Line-by-line translation that preserves poetic nuance across 180+ languages including Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, Tamil, and more

Deep Research

AI autonomously searches the web and Wikipedia to find the poet's biography, era, and the story behind the poem

Word Dictionary

Hover any difficult word to see its meaning, translation, and pronunciation — all built into the reading experience

Ask Anything

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Themes & Devices

Discover the literary devices, themes, and poetic forms woven into the fabric of each verse

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Analyze any poem, any language

Poetry Explainer works with every poetic form and tradition — from ancient odes to modern free verse.

Poetry Forms

  • Ghazal — Urdu, Persian, and Arabic couplet poetry
  • Sonnet — Shakespearean and Petrarchan 14-line verse
  • Haiku — Japanese 5-7-5 syllable poems
  • Free Verse — Modern poetry without fixed meter
  • Qasida — Classical Arabic odes
  • Nazm — Continuous-theme Urdu poetry

Literary Devices Detected

  • Metaphor — Direct comparisons that create meaning
  • Simile — Comparisons using "like" or "as"
  • Symbolism — Objects representing deeper ideas
  • Imagery — Language that engages the senses
  • Alliteration — Repeated consonant sounds
  • Personification — Human traits given to non-human things

Languages Supported

  • Urdu — Ghalib, Iqbal, Faiz ghazals and nazms
  • Arabic — From Mu'allaqat to Mahmoud Darwish
  • English — Shakespeare, Frost, Dickinson, Poe
  • Spanish — Neruda, Lorca, Borges
  • Persian — Rumi, Hafez, Khayyam
  • 180+ more — French, German, Turkish, Swahili...

Pick your language

Poetry Explainer translates and analyzes poetry in 180+ languages. Every tile is a doorway into a literary tradition.

UrduاردوGhalib · Iqbal · Faiz
ArabicالعربيةDarwish · Qabbani · al-Mutanabbi
EnglishEnglishShakespeare · Frost · Dickinson
SpanishEspañolNeruda · Lorca · Borges
PersianفارسیRumi · Hafez · Khayyam
Hindiहिन्दीKabir · Tulsidas · Harivansh Rai
Tamilதமிழ்Bharathiar · Sangam Poetry
BengaliবাংলাTagore · Nazrul · Jibanananda
TurkishTürkçeNazim Hikmet · Yunus Emre
FrenchFrançaisBaudelaire · Rimbaud · Hugo
GermanDeutschGoethe · Rilke · Heine
ItalianItalianoDante · Petrarch · Leopardi
PortuguesePortuguêsPessoa · Camões · Drummond
RussianРусскийPushkin · Akhmatova · Mayakovsky
Japanese日本語Basho · Yosa Buson · Issa
Chinese中文Li Bai · Du Fu · Wang Wei
Korean한국어Yun Dong-ju · So Wol · Han Yong-un
SwahiliKiswahiliShaaban Robert · Euphrase Kezilahabi
PunjabiਪੰਜਾਬੀBulleh Shah · Waris Shah · Amrita Pritam
PashtoپښتوKhushal Khan Khattak · Rahman Baba
GreekΕλληνικάHomer · Sappho · Cavafy
HebrewעבריתYehuda Amichai · Bialik · Leah Goldberg
TeluguతెలుగుVemana · Sri Sri · Gurajada
MalayalamമലയാളംKumaran Asan · Changampuzha
ThaiไทยSunthorn Phu · Angkhan Kalayanapong
VietnameseTiếng ViệtNguyễn Du · Hồ Xuân Hương
PolishPolskiSzymborska · Miłosz · Herbert
DutchNederlandsVondel · Nijhoff · Lucebert
IndonesianBahasa IndonesiaChairil Anwar · Sapardi Djoko
RomanianRomânăEminescu · Nichita Stănescu
150+ more...Every language with a poetic tradition

Frequently asked questions

How do I analyze a poem?

Paste any poem into Poetry Explainer — in any language — and click Analyze. Our AI will provide a complete poetry analysis: line-by-line translation, literary devices, poet biography, historical context, themes, poetic form, and a word dictionary.

What literary devices does it detect?

Poetry Explainer identifies all major literary devices and figurative language including metaphor, simile, personification, symbolism, imagery, alliteration, assonance, consonance, hyperbole, irony, paradox, oxymoron, enjambment, caesura, anaphora, and more.

Can I translate Urdu poetry to English?

Yes — paste any Urdu ghazal, nazm, or poem and get an instant line-by-line English translation that preserves poetic nuance. Works with poetry by Mirza Ghalib, Allama Iqbal, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, and any other Urdu poet.

Is Poetry Explainer free?

Yes — sign up for free and analyze poems with full AI-powered translation, explanation, literary devices, poet biography, themes, word dictionary, and interactive chat.

How is this different from ChatGPT for poem analysis?

Poetry Explainer is purpose-built for poetry analysis. Unlike general AI chatbots, it provides structured output, actively researches the poet and historical context from the web, supports 180+ languages with nuance, and includes a word-by-word dictionary.

"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."
— Robert Frost

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