Analysis of Ch 07 On The Effects Of Education Story 13

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



An Indian who was learning how to throw naphtha was thus reproved by a sage: ‘This is not a play for thee whose house is made of reeds.’

Speak not unless thou knowest it is perfectly proper  
         And ask not what thou knowest will not elicit a good reply.


Scheme X XX
Poetic Form
Metre 11001110111101111011110111111111 1101111110010 011111110100101
Characters 279
Words 52
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 2
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 65
Words per line (avg) 16
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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