This is an analysis of The Chance Of Humming by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi.

A man
standing on two logs in a river…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcddefecgegXadXbacfXX
  • Stanza lengths: 23,
  • Metre: 01 101110010 1111100010 11000 1 1 011010010 101010101011011 11101 00 1 01010 1101101 010111 1 11 11 1110001 1110010001110101 11010 1 0 10
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 23

Anaphora

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