Analysis of Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 03
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
An intelligent youth possessed an abundant share of accomplishments and discreet behaviour so that he was allowed to sit in assemblies of learned men but he refrained from conversing with them. His father once asked him why he did not likewise speak on subjects he was acquainted with. He replied: ‘I fear I may be asked what I do not know and be put to shame.’
Hast thou heard how a Sufi drove
A few nails under his sandals
And an officer taking him by the sleeve
Said to him: ‘Come and shoe my horse.’
For what thou hast not said no one will trouble thee
But when thou hast spoken bring the proof.
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101001011010110100001111110111001011111011010111101111111111101101011011111111111101111 1111011 01110110 01100101101 11110111 111111111101 111110101 |
| Characters | 661 |
| Words | 118 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 68 |
| Words per line (avg) | 16 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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