Analysis of How Long
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
How long will you think about this painful life?
How long will you think about this harmful world?
The only thing it can take from you is your body.
Don't say all this rubbish and stop thinking.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111011101 11111011101 0101111111110 1111100110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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