This is an analysis of Untitled by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi.

The minute I heard my first love story
I started looking for you, not knowing…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXa
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 0011111110 1101011110 1111 101100111 10110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5