This is an analysis of If A Tree Could Wander by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi.
Oh, if a tree could wander
and move with foot and wings!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbb acdX aXef eedg aXhe geXb gibcXhife
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1001110 110111 01110011 110101 1101110 0101001 1111010 010101 1001010 111001 1101010 111101 0111011 011101 0111010 110001 01011010 0111101 01111010 1101101 0101010 010101 11110110 110101 1101010 1100010 1101010 010101 10101010 011011 0101010 010011
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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