Analysis of Let go of your worries
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
Let go of your worries
and be completely clear-hearted,
like the face of a mirror
that contains no images.
If you want a clear mirror,
behold yourself
and see the shameless truth,
which the mirror reflects.
If metal can be polished
to a mirror-like finish,
what polishing might the mirror
of the heart require?
Between the mirror and the heart
is this single difference:
the heart conceals secrets,
while the mirror does not.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110 01010110 1011010 1011100 1110110 0101 010101 101001 1101110 1010110 11001010 10110 01010001 1110100 010110 101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 433 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 341 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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