Analysis of In the Waters of Purity
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
In the waters of purity, I melted like salt
Neither blasphemy, nor faith, nor conviction, nor
doubt remained.
In the center of my heart a star has appeared
And all the seven heavens have become lost in it.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 0010110011011 101001110101 101 001011101101 0101010101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 209 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 162 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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