This is an analysis of Ghazal 22 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.

When you hear the lovers' words, think them not a mistake
You don't recognize these words, the error must be your take.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabaXaXaaaaabaXaXaaa X
  • Stanza lengths: 20,1,
  • Metre: 1110101101001 11101110101011 01101010111011 11110010111011 1111010111 1111011111 111101101 111010111 11111001101 00111010001101 1101101110101 001001110111 110111010010 111001011100011 00010010111001 0101101011001 11010101 1101110111 011110101101 10111011111 100110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

my, i, in