Analysis of Soul Receives From Soul
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
Soul receives from soul that knowledge,
therefore not by book nor from tongue.
If knowledge of mysteries come after
emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart.
| Scheme | XX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 10111110 1111111 1101100110 1001111001011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 170 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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