Analysis of The Guest House
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
Scheme | AX BCD XXADXXX BXX CXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101011 1001001010 010010010 11000101 11010100 1000111 101101110 11000111 1011100 11111000 1111011 11101 01101010 1110110 00110 11010101 011111 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 525 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 7, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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