Analysis of This is love

Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )



This is love: to fly toward a secret sky,
to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment.
First, to let go of live.
In the end, to take a step without feet;
to regard this world as invisible,
and to disregard what appears to be the self.

Heart, I said, what a gift it has been
to enter this circle of lovers,
to see beyond seeing itself,
to reach and feel within the breast.


Scheme XXXXXA XXAX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11111010101 11010111110 111111 0011101011 1011110100 01011011101 111101111 110110110 11011001 11010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 380
Words 77
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 4
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 142
Words per stanza (avg) 38
Font size:
 

Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 19, 2023

23 sec read
117

Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī, and more popularly simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet, faqih, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. more…

All Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi poems | Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi Books

1 fan

Discuss this Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi poem analysis with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "This is love" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/28078/this-is-love>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    April 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    3
    days
    21
    hours
    31
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    Who wrote the poem "Fire And Ice"?
    A Gerard Manley Hopkins
    B Robert Frost
    C Edgar Allan Poe
    D Johann Wolfgang von Goethe