Analysis of From the Persian of Hafiz II
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 (Boston) – 1882 (Concord)
Of Paradise, O hermit wise,
Let us renounce the thought.
Of old therein our names of sin
Allah recorded not.
Who dear to God on earthly sod
No corn-grain plants,
The same is glad that life is had,
Though corn he wants.
Thy mind the mosque and cool kiosk,
Spare fast, and orisons;
Mine me allows the drink-house,
And sweet chase of the nuns.
O just fakeer, with brow austere,
Forbid me not the vine;
On the first day, poor Hafiz clay
Was kneaded up with wine.
He is no dervise, Heaven slights his service,
Who shall refuse
There in the banquet, to pawn his blanket
For Schiraz's juice.
Who his friend's shirt, or hem of his shirt,
Shall spare to pledge,
To him Eden's bliss and Angel's kiss
Shall want their edge.
Up, Hafiz; grace from high God's face
Beams on thee pure;
Shy then not hell, and trust thou well,
Heaven is secure.
Scheme | AXXX XXXX XAXX XBXB XXXX XCXC XDXD |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (43%) |
Metre | 1101101 110101 110110111 100101 11111101 1111 01111111 1111 1101011 1101 1101011 011101 1111101 011101 1011111 11111 1111101110 1101 1001011110 111 111111111 1111 1111011 1111 1111111 1111 11110111 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 809 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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