This is an analysis of Rubaiyat 42 by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.
If like me, you too fall in this trap,
Hold the wine and cup upon your lap.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXa
- Stanza lengths: 4,
- Metre: 011111001 101110111 110101011 1101111001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 4
