Analysis of Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 15
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
Hatim Tai, having been asked whether he had seen in the world anyone of more exalted sentiments than himself, replied: ‘Yes, one day I slaughtered forty camels to entertain Arab amirs. I had occasion to go out on some business into a corner of the desert, where I noticed a gatherer of briars, who had accumulated a hillock of thistles, and I asked him why he had not become a guest of Hatim since many people had come round to his banquet but he replied:
“Who eats bread by the work of his own hand
Will not bear to be obliged to Hatim Tai.”
Then I saw that his sentiments were more exalted than mine.’
Scheme | X XX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111011100110110101001010111111010101011011101011111100101010101110010011110100010110011111110101111101011111101101 1111011111 1111101111 111111000101011 |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 119 |
Words per line (avg) | 29 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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