This is an analysis of Languishing Eyes by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.
With the point of thy glance, do not hit my heart;
For, before Thy languishing eyes, I will depart…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccccaaddeeccXXee X
- Stanza lengths: 24,1,
- Metre: 00101111111 101110011001 01001101111011 111101000100111 1011111001011 0010011101 110101001001 11111110111 11111010100011 101101001011 0110010101 00101011001 00100101011111111 0010111101110111 1011011101101 0101110101011101 00110111110111 11010111010111 110010001010 1010101010 011111101110 111001101111 01011011 101010111 010110010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
i, of
Anaphora
with
