Analysis of If You Show Patience
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
If you show patience, I'll rid you of this virtue.
If you fall asleep, I'll rub the sleep from your eyes.
If you become a mountain, I'll melt you in fire.
And if you become an ocean, I'll drink all your water.
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101111110 111011101111 1101010111010 01101110111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 214 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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