This is an analysis of Rubaiyat 10 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.
Candle’s story how can I tell?
Of the broken heart’s living hell?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXa
- Stanza lengths: 4,
- Metre: 10101111 00101101 110001111 010111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 4
