This is an analysis of Rubaiyat 03 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.
I said, your lips said, your lips we revive;
I said, your mouth said, sweetness we derive;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXa
- Stanza lengths: 4,
- Metre: 1111111101 1111110101 111111101 1111010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 4
Repeated words/phrases
said, your, i, lips
Anaphora
i
