This is an analysis of Rubaiyat 16 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.

This rose is from the dust of one like me.
His joy within the rose, thus I can see.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 0100010111 0101011111 101011010001 01001101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

Repeated words/phrases

rose