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

I was dead, then alive.
Weeping, then laughing.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX XXX ab Xab XX aX
  • Stanza lengths: 2,3,2,3,2,2,
  • Metre: 111101 10110 010011001 110111010 11010101 1111101 1101001 111110011 1111101 0101 11101010 00100 110101 11
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 14