Analysis of Rubaiyat 23
Shams al-Din Hafiz 1315 (Shiraz) – 1390 (Shiraz)
From warriors learn courage,
And wisdom from the sage.
If you truly seek God’s grace,
Ride with the heavenly carriage.
Scheme | ABCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100110 010101 1110111 11010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 125 |
Words | 22 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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