This is an analysis of I Am And I Am Not by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi.

I'm drenched
in the flood…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abc XdabeabdXbbdfeXXcbaXf
  • Stanza lengths: 3,21,
  • Metre: 01 001 11101 011 0010 111001 1101 0101 0010011 11010 0101011 00101 11010 0101 00101011 1110 10100 011010100 1011 11 1 111 010110010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 23