Laurel · Hafiz

Poems from the Divan of Hafiz

Hafiz (about 1370), translated by Gertrude Lowthian Bell · 1897

Mostly iambic pentameter · 1,359 lines in 48 sections

The wine, the rose and the nightingale of Shiraz, in Gertrude Bell's versions.

Measured across the book

Across its 1,359 lines, 92% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 91% to 93%). Alliteration runs at 0.94 times what shuffling the words would give (0.33 observed against 0.35 expected). 16% of the lines have a feminine ending.

Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.

Contents

To Hafiz of Shiraziambic pentameter · ABABCBC · 28 lines Introductioniambic pentameter · AABB · 4 lines Poem Iiambic pentameter · ABAB · 28 lines Poem IIiambic pentameter · ABABCCA · 28 lines Poem IIIiambic pentameter · AABB · 32 lines Poem IViambic pentameter · 28 lines Poem Viambic pentameter · 32 lines Poem VIiambic pentameter · 32 lines Poem VIIiambic pentameter · 25 lines Poem VIIIiambic pentameter · ABBACBC · 32 lines Poem IXiambic pentameter · ABABCCB · 39 lines Poem Xtrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 24 lines Poem XIiambic pentameter · ABABCAC · 28 lines Poem XIIABAB · 32 lines Poem XIIIiambic pentameter · 39 lines Poem XIViambic pentameter · 25 lines Poem XViambic pentameter · ABABCCA · 21 lines Poem XVIanapaestic tetrameter · 40 lines Poem XVIIiambic pentameter · ABBACBC · 35 lines Poem XVIIIiambic pentameter · 32 lines Poem XIXiambic pentameter · ABBACC · 30 lines Poem XXiambic tetrameter · 28 lines Poem XXIiambic pentameter · ABABCDCD · 40 lines Poem XXII20 lines Poem XXIIIiambic pentameter · ABABCCA · 35 lines Poem XXIViambic pentameter · ABABCCB · 35 lines Poem XXViambic pentameter · 35 lines Poem XXVIiambic pentameter · 39 lines Poem XXVIIiambic pentameter · ABBACCA · 25 lines Poem XXVIIIiambic pentameter · ABABCCB · 32 lines Poem XXIXiambic pentameter · 35 lines Poem XXXiambic pentameter · ABABCBC · 28 lines Poem XXXIiambic pentameter · ABABCCB · 32 lines Poem XXXIIiambic pentameter · 25 lines Poem XXXIIIiambic pentameter · 28 lines Poem XXXIViambic pentameter · 32 lines Poem XXXViambic pentameter · 28 lines Poem XXXVIiambic pentameter · 28 lines Poem XXXVIIiambic pentameter · ABABCCB · 32 lines Poem XXXVIIIiambic pentameter · ABABCDCD · 40 lines Poem XXXIXiambic pentameter · ABABCCA · 35 lines Poem XLiambic pentameter · 28 lines Poem XLIiambic pentameter · ABCABC · 6 lines Poem XLIIiambic pentameter · ABABCDDC · 36 lines Poem XLIII22 lines Poem Vtrochaic trimeter · 8 lines Poem VIII8 lines Poem XXX5 lines

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