This is an analysis of Lord, What A Beloved Is Mine! by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi.

Lord, what a Beloved is mine! I have a sweet quarry; I possess
in my breast a hundred meadows from his reed.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcdcebbcXeadfXXgffgfX
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 11001001110110101 01101011001 101001001101011 11101110111001 1111011010110 111110001110001 101011111001110 111011010011010 1 10111011101111 1101010001101110 1 101011111101010 01000111010 1100001111101 11111100101 11111010101101 101111010101 1101100101100110 10011111 011110101001010010 11110011101011 0101010101111 11010011101001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

i, his, of, moon, said, heart

Anaphora

wind