Analysis of Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 05
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
I saw at the palace-gate of Oglimish the son of a military officer
who was endued with marvellous intellect, sagacity, perception and
shrewdness; also the signs of future greatness manifested themselves
on his forehead whilst yet a small boy.
From his head intelligence caused
The star of greatness to shine.
In short, he pleased the sultan because he had a beautiful
countenance and a perfect understanding; and philosophers have said:
'Power consists in accomplishments, not in wealth and greatness in
intellect, not in years.' His companions, being envious, made an
attempt upon his life and desired to kill him but their endeavours
remained fruitless.
What can a foe do when the friend is kind?
The king asked: 'What is the cause of their enmity to thee?' He
replied: 'Under the shadow of the monarchy of my lord I have satisfied
my contemporaries except the envious, who will not be contented but by
the decline of my prosperity, and may the monarchy and good fortune of
my lord be perpetual.'
I may so act as not to hurt the feelings of anyone
But what can I do to an envious man dissatisfied with himself?
Die, O envious man, for this is a malady,
Deliverance from which can be obtained only by death.
Unfortunate men sometimes ardently desire
The decline of prosperous men in wealth and dignity.
If in daytime, bat-eyed persons do not see
Is it the fault of the fountain of light, the sun?
Thou justly wishest that a thousand such eyes
Should be blind rather than the sun dark.
Scheme | AXBX XX CXXXBX X DXXXC EXDXADDEXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101110110100100 1101111010100 1010011101010001 111011011 11101001 0111011 011101001110100 10000010100010011 1001001001010100 1010110101010011 0101110010111111 0110 1101110111 011110111100111 011001101001111110 10100010100111101011 00111010001010001101 1110100 11111111010110 11111111001010101 1110011110100 01001111011011 0100101100010 00111001010100 1011110111 110110101101 1101101011 111101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,499 |
Words | 265 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 6, 1, 5, 10 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 198 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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