Analysis of Rubaiyat 30

Shams al-Din Hafiz 1315 (Shiraz) – 1390 (Shiraz)



I spent my life chasing my wishes
What benefits fate furnishes?
Whomever to I said I loved you,
Turned to my foe, why my luck ravishes?


Scheme AABA
Poetic Form Mâni 
Rubaiyat 
Metre 111110110 11001100 010111111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 140
Words 28
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Shams al-Din Hafiz

Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī (Persian: خواجه شمس‌‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی‎), known by his pen name Hafez (حافظ, Ḥāfeẓ, 'the memorizer; the (safe) keeper' and as "Hafiz", was a Persian poet who "lauded the joys of love and wine but also targeted religious hypocrisy". more…

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