Analysis of A Stone I died
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
A stone I died and rose again a plant;
A plant I died and rose an animal;
I died an animal and was born a man.
Why should I fear? What have I lost by death?
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111010101 0111011100 11110001101 1111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 161 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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