Analysis of Rubaiyat 02
Shams al-Din Hafiz 1315 (Shiraz) – 1390 (Shiraz)
Pick up the joy giving wine and come hither.
Temptations of mean foes decline and come hither.
Don’t listen to the one who says sit down and stay;
Listen to me, pick up the line and come hither.
| Scheme | AABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Mâni Rubaiyat |
| Metre | 11011010110 010111010110 110101111101 101111010110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 201 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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