Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 14

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



Swallow not the deception of a foe. Purchase not conceit from a panegyrist. The one has laid out a snare for provisions and the other has opened the jaws of covetousness.


Scheme A
Poetic Form
Metre 1010010101101011010111101101000101100111
Characters 178
Words 33
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 1
Lines Amount 1
Letters per line (avg) 137
Words per line (avg) 31
Letters per stanza (avg) 137
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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