Ode 1823 by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ode 1823 that begins with:

I don't get tired of you. Don't grow weary
of being compassionate toward me!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbd beX fgg ae XXc hbd caa ff hi gi bcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,3,2,3,3,3,2,2,2,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011110 0100100011 101010 11001001 0100010100 11010101 1110101 010101 11010010 11110 11010 10100 11 11101001 11110011 100010011 1011010011 01010101101 1110 010110011111 111101100 1010100 11010101 101011011 0110010 1011000 0010110 1110010 01101101 111011101 0110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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