This is an analysis of Quatrain 1693 (Farsi With English Translation) by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi.

ay sâqî, az-ân bâda ke awwal dâd-î
riTlê dô dar andâz-o be-y-afzâ shâdî…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX a XXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,1,4,
  • Metre: 111111101 111110111 1111111 111111101 110010 11000111111 1011111011100 10010011011 10111001111110110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

d, y, b

Anaphora

y

Epiphora

d