Analysis of Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 10
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
A poet went to an amir of robbers and recited a panegyric but he ordered him to be divested of his robe. As the poor man was departing naked in the world, he was attacked from behind by dogs, whereon he intended to snatch up a stone but it was frozen to the ground and, being unable to do so, he exclaimed: ‘What whore-sons of men are these? They have let loose the dogs and have tied down the stones.’ The amir of the robbers who heard these words from his room laughed and said: ‘O philosopher, ask something from me.’ He replied: ‘I ask for my robe if thou wilt make me a present of it.’
We are satisfied of thy gift by departure.
A man was hoping for the gifts of people.
I hope no gift from thee. Do me no evil.
The robber chief took pity upon him, ordered his robe to be restored to him and added to it a sheepskin jacket with some dirhems.
| Scheme | X XAA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011101110001001111011101011110111010100011101101111101011101111101010100101111011111111111101011101001101011111111011010011011101111111111101011 11101111010 01110101110 11111111110 01011100111011110111010110110111 |
| Characters | 896 |
| Words | 174 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 130 |
| Words per line (avg) | 34 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 217 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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