This is an analysis of Rubaiyat 17 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.

With fate you still hope to trade;
Passage of time should make you afraid.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 0111101 100111101 111101101 111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

Repeated words/phrases

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