Analysis of Drops of his Heart's Blood
Shams al-Din Hafiz 1315 (Shiraz) – 1390 (Shiraz)
THE nightingale with drops of his heart's blood
Had nourished the red rose, then came a wind,
And catching at the boughs in envious mood,
A hundred thorns about his heart entwined.
Like to the parrot crunching sugar, good
Seemed the world to me who could not stay
The wind of Death that swept my hopes away.
Light of mine eyes and harvest of my heart,
And mine at least in changeless memory!
Ah, when he found it easy to depart,
He left the harder pilgrimage to me!
Oh Camel-driver, though the cordage start,
For God's sake help me lift my fallen load,
And Pity be my comrade of the road!
My face is seamed with dust, mine eyes are wet.
Of dust and tears the turquoise firmament
Kneadeth the bricks for joy's abode; and yet . . .
Alas, and weeping yet I make lament!
Because the moon her jealous glances set
Upon the bow-bent eyebrows of my moon,
He sought a lodging in the grave-too soon!
I had not castled, and the time is gone.
What shall I play? Upon the chequered floor
Of Night and Day, Death won the game-forlorn
And careless now, Hafiz can lose no more.
Scheme | ABXBXCC DEDEDFF GAGXGHH XIXI |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 0100111111 1100111101 01010101001 0101011101 1101010101 101111111 0111111101 1111010111 011101100 1111110101 1101010011 1101010101 1111111101 010111101 1111111111 11010101 101110101 0101011101 0101010101 010111111 1101000111 111100111 111101011 1101110101 010111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,045 |
Words | 200 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 206 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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