This is an analysis of the poem Last Night My Soul Cried O Exalted Sphere Of Heaven that begins with:

Last night my soul cried, “O exalted sphere of Heaven, you hang indeed inverted, with flames in your belly.
“Without sin and crime, eternally...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXbcbXccaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11111101010101101010010110 011110100010011100001000101010 1101010110100101111101100110 01111101011101010111101111101 100101111111111010100111 001101111010110110101111010110 101011111111011110101 110100010011010110110001100111 110010110101000111010010010101110 001110111101100101010100101001 110100111010110011001110100110101 10010010011100100111110001111100101011 110110101101010110110110 010100101001010101101101010001010 01101011110000111111101010101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1807
  • Average number of words per stanza: 333
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 120 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 22
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, like, your, of, and, you, he, makes, it, him, through are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Last Night My Soul Cried O Exalted Sphere Of Heaven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi