Analysis of Rumi (blessed are the bostonians)



That Rumi, he was a real crybaby poet
Always complaining
How the catholics and jews always receive favor
And how the muslims have to always suffer

Well, poet rumi, you big crybaby
Maybe if the muslims would stop
killing in the name of G

Then, they too, could receive favor
instead of acting like a jokar


Scheme XXAA BXB AA
Poetic Form
Metre 11110111010 1010 10100110110 0101011110 110111110 10101011 1000111 11110110 01110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 295
Words 56
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 2
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on June 12, 2017

Modified on April 17, 2023

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David Ehrgott

There are two types of words in the english language. A: the written word and B: the spoken word. There once was a time that they mirrored each other. Unfortunately, the higher learning schools today concentrate on what makes them the most money. Which is: professional sports learning. Thus, destroying what once was a proper education. Since the spoken word will now never reflect the written word, we must change the written word to reflect the spoken word. Because people just don't talk like dat no mo'. more…

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