Analysis of I am a sculptor, a molder of form
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
I am a sculptor, a molder of form.
In every moment I shape an idol.
But then, in front of you, I melt them down
I can rouse a hundred forms
and fill them with spirit,
but when I look into your face,
I want to throw them in the fire.
My souls spills into yours and is blended.
Because my soul has absorbed your fragrance,
I cherish it.
Every drop of blood I spill
informs the earth,
I merge with my Beloved
when I participate in love.
In this house of mud and water,
my heart has fallen to ruins.
Enter this house, my Love, or let me leave.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101001011 01001011110 1101111111 1110101 011110 11110111 111110010 1110110110 0111101110 1101 10011111 0101 111101 1101001 01111010 11110110 1011111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 531 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 412 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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