Analysis of Birdsong
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
Birdsong brings relief
to my longing
I'm just as ecstatic as they are,
but with nothing to say!
Please universal soul, practice
some song or something through me!
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 1110 111010111 111011 1010110 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 165 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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