This is an analysis of Rubaiyat 15 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.

Spend time with wine by a stream,
And let sorrows away stream.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1101101 1110011 111010111 10110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

Epiphora

stream