This is an analysis of You Alone Exist by Bulleh Shah.

You alone exist; I do not, O Beloved!
You alone exist, I do not!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AXXababXXXA
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 101011111010 10101111 1011001010 1010111 0111101 0111011011 0111101 011110111 1100111011 1100101101 101011111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11

Repeated words/phrases

i, if, you

Anaphora

you, if