This is an analysis of Ghazal 03 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.

That beautiful Shirazi Turk, took control and my heart stole,
I'll give Samarkand & Bukhara, for her Hindu beauty mole.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabaXacaXabXaacaaa XXX
  • Stanza lengths: 18,3,
  • Metre: 110001011011111 111011001011101 11101111111010 11010100111111 011110111010011 10100111101111 10101110010111 10011011100111 11011010110101 100110010011101 100111011011001 100110110100110 1001001111011 0100111000111 1101111110001 11111101010101 10110111011111 1010011001000101 10100 11001 01011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

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