Analysis of Return! That to a heart
RETURN! that to a heart wounded full sore
Valiance and strength may enter in; return!
And Life shall pause at the deserted door,
The cold dead body breathe again and burn.
Oh come! and touch mine eyes, of thy sweet grace,
For I am blind to all but to thy face.
Open the gates and bid me see once more!
Like to a cruel Ethiopian band,
Sorrow despoiled the kingdom of my heart
Return! glad Lord of Rome, and free the land;
Before thine arms the foe shall break and part.
See now, I hold a mirror to mine eyes,
And nought but thy reflection therein lies;
The glass speaks truth to them that understand.
Night is with child, hast thou not heard men say?
'Night is with child! what will she bring to birth?'
I sit and ask the stars when thou'rt away.
Oh come! and when the nightingale of mirth
Pipes in the Spring-awakened garden ground,
In Hafiz' heart shall ring a sweeter sound,
Diviner nightingales attune their lay.
Scheme | ABABCCA DEDEFFD GHGHIIG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111011011 101110001 0111100101 0111010101 1101111111 1111111111 1001011111 1101001001 101010111 0111110101 0111011101 1111010111 0111010011 011111101 1111111111 1111111111 1101011101 1101010011 1001010101 011110101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 903 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 12, 2023
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