This is an analysis of Ghazal 02 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.
Where is sensible action, & my insanity whence?
See the difference, it is from where to whence.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXaaaaaaaaaaaaa XXX
- Stanza lengths: 16,3,
- Metre: 1010010101001 10100000101 00110100101110 100010010111 1100100110100111 101011010101 0110111111101 1001100100011 111000101111 11111110111 11100110011011 10110110111 10100010010101 111100101011 1110001001010 1011010111 10100 11001 10011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 19
Repeated words/phrases
whence, where, your
Epiphora
whence
