Analysis of Ode 1373
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
I was dead, then alive.
Weeping, then laughing.
The power of love came into me,
and I became fierce like a lion,
then tender like the evening star.
He said, ‘You’re not mad enough.
You don’t belong in this house.’
I went wild and had to be tied up.
He said, ‘Still not wild enough
to stay with us!’
I broke through another layer
into joyfulness.
He said, ‘Its not enough.’
I died.
He said, ‘You are a clever little man,
full of fantasy and doubting.’
I plucked out my feathers and became a fool.
He said, ‘Now you are the candle
for this assembly.’
But I’m no candle. Look!
I’m scattered smoke
He said, ‘You are the Sheikh, the guide.’
But I’m not a teacher. I have no power.
He said, ‘You already have wings.
I cannot give you wings.’
But I wanted his wings.
I felt like some flightless chicken.
Then new events said to me,
‘Don’t move. A sublime generosity is
coming towards you.’
And old love said, ‘Stay with me.’
I said, ‘I will.’
You are the fountain of the sun’s light.
I am a willow shadow on the ground.
You make my raggedness silky.
The soul at dawn is like darkened water
that slowly begins to say Thank you, thank you.
Then at sunset, again, Venus gradually
Changes into the moon and then the whole nightsky.
This comes of smiling back
at your smile.
The chess master says nothing,
other than moving the silent chess piece.
That I am part of the ploys
of this game makes me
amazingly happy.
Scheme | XA BCX DE XDX FE DG XA XXB XX GF HH HC BXI B X XXB FI BA XX AX XBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 10110 010111011 010111010 11010101 1111101 1101011 111011111 1111101 1111 11101010 011 111101 11 1111010101 11100010 11111000101 11111010 11010 111101 1101 11110101 11101011110 11101011 110111 111011 11111010 1101111 1100101001 10011 0111111 1111 110101011 11011101 111110 0111111010 11001111111 11101101000 10010101011 111101 111 0110110 1011001011 1111101 11111 010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,419 |
Words | 277 |
Sentences | 35 |
Stanzas | 21 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 46 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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