Analysis of Shadow and Light Source Both
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
How does a part of the world leave the world?
How does wetness leave water?
Dont' try to put out fire by throwing on
more fire! Don't wash a wound with blood.
No matter how fast you run, your shadow
keeps up. Sometimes it's in front!
Only full overhead sun diminishes your shadow.
But that shadow has been serving you.
What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is
your candle. Your boundaries are your quest.
I could explain this, but it will break the
glass cover on your heart, and there's no
fixing that.
You must have shadow and light source both.
Listen, and lay your head under the tree of awe.
When from that tree feathers and wings sprout on you,
be quieter than a dove. Don't even open your mouth for
even a coo.
Scheme | XX XX AX AB XX XAX XX BXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101101 1110110 11111101101 110110111 110111111 1101101 1011011010011 11111101 111101101 1101100111 1101111110 110111011 101 11110111 100111100111 11111001111 110010111010111 1001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 719 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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