Analysis of This we Have Now
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
This we have now
is not imagination.
This is not
grief or joy.
Not a judging state,
or an elation,
or sadness.
Those come and go.
This is the presence that doesn't.
| Scheme | XA XX XAX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 110010 111 111 10101 11010 110 1101 11010110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 166 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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