Analysis of Spain
Allama Muhammad Iqbal 1877 (Sialkot, Punjab) – 1938 (Lahore, Punjab)
Spain! You are the trustee of the Muslim
blood:
In my eyes you are sanctified like the Harem.
Prints of prostration lie hidden in your dust,
Silent calls to prayers in your morning air.
In your hills and vales were the tents of those,
The tips of whose lances were bright like the
stars.
Is more henna needed by your pretties?
My lifeblood can give them some colour!
How can a Muslim be put down by the straw
and grass,
Even if his flame has lost its heat and fire!
My eyes watched Granada as well,
But the traveller's content neither in journey
nor in rest:
I saw as well as showed, I spoke as well as
listened,
Neither seeing nor learning brings calm to the
heart!
*
The veiled secrets are becoming manifest—
Bygone the days of you cannot see Me;
Whosoever finds his self first,
Is Mahdi himself, the Guide of the Last Age.
Not: Written in Spain—on the way back.
Scheme | AXAXBXCXXBXXXXDEXXCX EDXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011010 1 0111111010 11010110011 1011101101 0110100111 011110110 1 1110101110 1111111 11010111101 01 101111111010 11101011 1011010010 101 11111111111 10 10101101110 1 1 0110101010 101111011 0101111 11001011011 110011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 856 |
Words | 165 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 20, 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 225 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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