This is an analysis of What Was Told, That by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi.
What was said to the rose that made it open was said
to me here in my chest.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aX Xb aX cX Xb cX acXb
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,4,
- Metre: 1110011101011 011011 1110101101 1111 100101001001101 1011110 110001000010100 100110 110110101000101 1010110 1010111111011000 1011001 0111110110101 10010101 0100101100101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
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