This is an analysis of Ghazal 53 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.
The corner of the tavern is my altar, where I pray
At dawn, the mantra of the Old Magi, I say.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabaaabaXbabaaa
- Stanza lengths: 15,
- Metre: 01000100110111 110100011011 1100111111001 11010010001011 111010110111 1000101010001011 1100110101111 11000111011101 101001110111 100111110011 0011111111101 110101110111 1111011010011 1010101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
of, i, my
