This is an analysis of If God Invited You To A Party by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.

If God
Invited you to a party…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXa XXXX Xba a ba bXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 3,4,3,1,2,4,
  • Metre: 01 01010010 11 100 001101 00110 1 111110 11 01 0101 111 1011001 1 0101 01001 1
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 17