This is an analysis of Life's Mighty Flood by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.
WHAT is wrought in the forge of the living and life--
All things are nought! Ho! fill me the bowl,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcccX dedecffX ghghchhX ifiXcggX gagacjjX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 101001001011 111111101 11001001101 11011001101 01001001111 1110110101 1111100101 1111 1110100101 111101101 11110101111 00101111101 101001101101 111011001111 11011001101 1101 01011011101 1101100101 11011101101 1110110101 1010010011011 001001001111 101001111001 1101 01001110010 1010011111 010001011110 1110101100 0111011111 11011011011 001010001101 0101 111111001011 11111001001 1110101001 110101101 11011101111 11001111001 01001111011 1111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
and, i
