This is an analysis of The Margin Of A Stream by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi.
The margin of a stream, the willow's shade,
A mind inclined to song, a mistress sweet,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcabcbb debdebbbXXfXXfbbebeb
- Stanza lengths: 8,20,
- Metre: 0100010101 0101010101 0110111101 0101111101 1101111101 1001101101 1100010111 1111111101 110010111010 1011110101 1101111101 11001101010 1101010011 01011100101 1011001111 1101111101 1111100100 1101010111 1101101111 1111011101 01010011100 11011101001 1111011101 11001110101 1011110111 0101010111 0101010101 1101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 28
Anaphora
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