This is an analysis of Return! That To A Heart by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.

RETURN! that to a heart wounded full sore
Valiance and strength may enter in; return!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcca dedeffd gXgXddg
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,
  • Metre: 0110011011 1011110001 1111100101 0111010111 1111110111 1111011011 1001111111 10010101001 10100010011 0111011101 0111011111 1111010011 1111010011 0111001101 1001111111 1001101101 1111011101 1111010001 10001010101 0101110101 10010000111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

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