Analysis of Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 08
One of the philosophers forbade his son to eat much because repletion keeps people ailing. The boy replied: ‘O father, it is hunger that kills. Hast thou not heard of the maxim of the ingenious that it is better to die satiated than to bear hunger?’ He rejoined: ‘Be moderate. Eat and drink but not to excess.’
Eat not so much that it comes up to thy mouth
Nor so little that from weakness thy soul comes up.
Although maintenance of life depends upon food
Victuals bring on disease when eaten to excess.
If thou eatest rose-confectionery without appetite it injures thee
But eating dry bread after a long fast is like rose-preserve
Scheme | A XXXAXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110010001111110111101001011101110111111101010010111101111111010111001011111 11111111111 111011101111 11001101011 1110111011 1111010001101101 110111001111101 |
Characters | 711 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 72 |
Words per line (avg) | 16 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 252 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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