This is an analysis of Ghazal 314 by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi.

You who are not kept anxiously awake for love's sake, sleep on.
In restless search for that river, we hurry along;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXababaXaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 13,
  • Metre: 111111000111111 0101111011001 11110100110111 1101010101011 11110101011 111011101110 11100111110011011 0100100011110110 111000101011011 110101111111111 01111111 1111101011111 1111101111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 13

Repeated words/phrases

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