This is an analysis of The Lute Will Beg by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.

You need to become a pen
In the Sun´s hand.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXcXbXcaXXb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1100101 0011 1110101 11111 0100010110 011111010 0101 11111 11101011 110110100100 110101101 111 1101 111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14