Analysis of Late, by Myself
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
Late, by myself, in the boat of myself,
no light and no land anywhere,
cloudcover thick. I try to stay
just above the surface,
yet I'm already under
and living with the ocean
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11100111 1101110 111111 101010 1101010 0101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 179 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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