This is an analysis of Saghi Nameh by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.
O Bearer, bring the wine that brings joy
To increase generosity, & let perfection buoy…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abccDDeebaffggggcccchhccii DDeeccjjjjkkllccffmmhhhhllmmllkk gghhKkbbcckXffhhllaannhhll llmmnnllKkooggppmm aaggooccXnllffXg
- Stanza lengths: 26,32,26,18,16,
- Metre: 110101111 00110100101010 111111111 11011101 1011010001 1001011111 11110011101 1110111011 110010111100 0110010111 11111001101 0111011001 1010110101 01101001111 11111001001 1101100101 100100101 0100111001 010100011 11110001001 10101010100 110101111 11001011001 1001001111 0101000011 101001101001 1011010001 1001011111 1110010101 100010111 1101101001 10000101111 111001001 10101001101 1101101 1001000101 111011011 0110111101 1100101101 0101100111 01011101001 11011111 110111001 110011101 1111101101 01010101111 101101111 100010111 1110101111 1010101101 101000100101 1111001101 1111110101 10111001011 111101011 00101011101 011011001 0111111011 10101001 010100101 10101001 001001011 110001001 010101111 1111111100 10111010100 100111101 01001010001 1000111001 0111001001 1001010001 1001110101 101101001 11001001001 0110101 0101010001 0111100111 10011011111 0101010011001 1111010101 10101101101 1111001011001 110111101 01010101001 1101010011 010001101101 100011001101 1100001111 11011010001 0011010010101 110111001 1101100111 110001001 1111010111 10111001 101100101 1101010001 10011101 101011 110110001 1101010001 10010101 110101111 00101111 01000110101 0101010001 110011111 00101111111 11010100101 1111010100 1001011110 11110101 001010101 10111111 0010001101 01110100001 0101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 117
Repeated words/phrases
of, his, in, and, drunken
Anaphora
whence, in, the, i, to
Epiphora
thee
