Analysis of To Hafiz
Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1836 (Portsmouth) – 1907 (Boston)
THOUGH gifts like thine the fates gave not to me,
One thing, O Hafiz, we both hold in fee—
Nay, it holds us; for when the June wind blows
We both are slaves and lovers to the rose.
In vain the pale Circassian lily shows
Her face at her green lattice, and in vain
The violet beckons, with unveilëd face—
The bosom’s white, the lip’s light purple stain,
These touch our liking, yet no passion stir.
But when the rose comes, Hafiz—in that place
Where she stands smiling, we kneel down to her!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011111 111111101 1111110111 1111010101 01011101 0110110001 01001010111 011011101 11101011101 110111011 1111011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 500 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 376 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 93 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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