This is an analysis of Behind The Scenes by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi.

Is it your face
that adorns the garden?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXbXXbcccXcb
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 0011 101010 00110 10101010 00110 11101 01001 101111 1110 0010 1110101 1010111 11110 1110011 11001 1001001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

you