Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 01

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



The amity of princes and the sweet voice of children are not to be trusted, because the former is changed by fancy and the latter in the course of one night.

Give not thy heart to a sweetheart of a thousand lovers,  
         And if thou givest it, thou givest that heart for separation.


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Poetic Form
Metre 0100110001111011111001010111100010001111 1111101101010 0111111111010
Characters 302
Words 55
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 2
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 73
Words per line (avg) 18
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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