Analysis of I haven't come here to settle down
Yunus Emre 1240 – 1321
I haven't come here to settle down.
I've come here to depart.
I am a merchant with lots of goods,
selling to whoever will buy.
I didn't come to create any problems,
I'm only here to love.
A Heart makes a good home for the Friend.
I've come to build some hearts.
I'm a little drunk from this Friendship-
Any lover would know the shape I'm in.
I've come to exchange my twoness,
to dissapear in One.
He is my teacher. I am His servant.
I am a nightingale in His garden.
I've come to the Teacher's garden
to be happy and die singing.
They say 'Souls which know each other here,
know each other there.'
I've come to know a Teacher
and to show myself as I am.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJCKLKKMNOPQ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 110111101 111101 110101111 10101011 11011011010 110111 011011101 111111 101011110 1010110110 1110111 1101 1111011110 1101000110 11101010 11100110 111111101 11101 1111010 0111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 659 |
| Words | 132 |
| Sentences | 15 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 493 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 129 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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