This is an analysis of The Ravings Which My Enemy Uttered I Heard Within My Heart by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi.

The ravings which my enemy uttered I heard within my heart;
the secret thoughts he harbored against me I also perceived.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abacdabaeXXcefefbXddghaXhghedb
  • Stanza lengths: 30,
  • Metre: 0101110010110111 010111001111001 011111111010111 111011110111 11110100001001010011 011111100101010010 10111111100110 110011010001111 110111001001010111 10100001010010 010111110100110 1111110010011 0110111111101 010101110011 110010101101011 1011100010001 000111101011101 1100111101101110 110 01110101010111111 1101010101 111110000110101 101101110101 111100111101100 101011101111011 010 1111101101110101 111101111110111 10101111010110110 01111111110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

i, my, and, heart, nor, neither

Anaphora

the