This is an analysis of Rubaiyat 41 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.

I wish that fate would cease this carnage,
And to the lovers give their due wage.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 111111010 100101111 010101011 1101011011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

Repeated words/phrases

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