This is an analysis of Rubaiyat 18 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.
In times of youth, drinking is better.
With the joyful, linking is better.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXa
- Stanza lengths: 4,
- Metre: 010110010 001010010 010011001 0010010010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 4
Repeated words/phrases
better
Epiphora
better
