Analysis of Rubaiyat 41
Shams al-Din Hafiz 1315 (Shiraz) – 1390 (Shiraz)
I wish that fate would cease this carnage,
And to the lovers give their due wage.
In times of youth the rein in my hands,
Now on the saddle, I ride in old age.
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 111111110 010101111 011101011 1101011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 164 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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