Poem Analysis of The Self We Share by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem The Self We Share that begins with:

Thirst is angry with water. Hunger bitter
with bread....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ab c dc efb bf eX a cXX cbg hd X XX X gb Xh Xc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,2,3,2,2,1,3,3,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: ballad stanza
Metre: 10100101010 01 0111001001 001010101 10 011010100010 0111111011 001 100110111 1111001 010001110111010 100001011 0101011001010 11110100010 11011110 10 111100111100 101101101111 01101001 11110111 111101 1011010 110010101 10011001 000101 1101011 11011001 11011111000 100111011 0111011101100 01111010010
Amount of stanzas: 16
Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
Average number of words per stanza: 13
Amount of lines: 31
Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, the are repeated.
The author used the same words the, you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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The Self We Share by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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