This is an analysis of Slaves Of Thy Shining Eyes by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.
SLAVES of thy shining eyes are even those
That diadems of might and empire bear;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcddc ececaffa fXfaXXXX fbXbgccg
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1011011101 1100111001 1001101111 111100100101 11010101001 0111010101 11110001101 1111111101 1100010111 01011101010 1111011101 1101110111 11010001111 1101111101 0111011101 1101111101 1111011101 11111010101 0100110111 1111111101 1101010100 1111011011 1111010101 1101111111 1111111101 0101001101 1101111100 11100011101 1001000101 1001010111 1101011001 010011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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