This is an analysis of Rubaiyat 25 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.

O friend, from your foes your heart release,
In pleasant company drink the good wine with ease.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 110111101 010100100101 0101111011 10010011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

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