Analysis of The Taste of Morning
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
Time's knife slides from the sheath,
as fish from where it swims.
Being closer and closer is the desire
of the body. Don't wish for union!
There's a closeness beyond that. Why
would God want a second God? Fall in
love in such a way that it frees you
from any connecting. Love is the soul's
light, the taste of morning, no me, no
we, no claim of being. These words
are the smoke the fire gives off as it
absolves its defects, as eyes in silence,
tears, face. Love cannot be said.
Scheme | XA XX XX XA XX XX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 111111 101001010010 101011110 10100111 111010110 101011111 1100101101 101110111 11111011 1010101111 0111011010 1111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 475 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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