This is an analysis of Rubaiyat 12 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.

All treasures ain’t worth this oppression.
All pleasures ain’t worth one transgression.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 110110010 110111010 1101010001 011010010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

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