This is an analysis of I Have A Fire For You In My Mouth by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi.

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I have a fire for you in my mouth, but I have a hundred seals…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbaXacXXXXdbXddcX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,18,
  • Metre: 1 11010110111110101 111 011110111111 1011 10010111010101 10101000101 1011110010110101 01001000 010001111011011 1001100 010111001010111 11011001 11110011101101001 10 10011110010001 10111101001 10111111001011 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 19

Repeated words/phrases

my, have, i, of, soul

Anaphora

the, i

Epiphora

soul