Analysis of In the Dead of night
In the dead of night, a Sufi began to weep.
He said, 'This world is like a closed coffin, in which
We are shut and in which, through our ignorance,
We spend our lives in folly and desolation.
When Death comes to open the lid of the coffin,
Each one who has wings will fly off to Eternity,
But those without will remain locked in the coffin.
So, my friends, before the lid of this coffin is taken off,
Do all you can to become a bird of the Way to God;
Do all you can to develop your wings and your feathers.'
| Scheme | ABCDEFEGHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00111010111 111111011001 111001110100 111010100010 111110011010 1111111110100 110110110010 111010111101101 11111010110111 11111010110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 507 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 389 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 103 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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