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 |
|---|---|
| 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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