This is an analysis of If You Are Seeking Allah by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.
If you are seeking Allah,
Then keep clear of religious formalities.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcd XeeD XDdffefd dXddcd XXXd X
- Stanza lengths: 6,4,8,6,4,1,
- Metre: 0111010 11100100100 111110 10101010 11111101 1011101 1110101 1110010 111100110 10011101 101111 10011101 11101 011010 10011010 110110 1010 0100110101 0101001 0111 10101 01101001 011101111 01011010 1111110 101 0110110110 011011010101 1010111100
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
no, lord
Anaphora
a
Epiphora
lord, them
