Analysis of Love has nothing to do with the five senses
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
Love has nothing to do with
the five senses and the six directions:
its goal is only to experience
the attraction exerted by the Beloved.
Afterwards, perhaps, permission
will come from God:
the secrets that ought to be told will be told
with an eloquence nearer to the understanding
of these subtle confusing allusions.
The secret is partner with none
but the knower of the secret:
in the skeptic's ear
the secret is no secret at all.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHBEIJK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110111 0110001010 1111010100 00100101001 10001010 1111 01011111111 111001010010 1110010010 01011011 10101010 0011 010111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 430 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 349 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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