This is an analysis of Defeated By Love by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi.

The sky was lit
by the splendor of the moon…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 0111 1010001 1100 11001 11 1111 1110001 0101 1010 001000 0110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11