Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 18
Who has power over his foe and does not slay him is his own enemy.
With a stone in the hand and a snake on a stone
It is folly to consider and to delay.
Others, however, enounce a contrary opinion and say that it is preferable to respite captives because the option of killing or not killing remains; but if they be slain without delay, it is possible that some advantage may be lost, the like of which cannot be again obtained.
It is quite easy to deprive a man of life.
When he is slain he cannot be resuscitaied again.
It is a condition of wisdom in the archer to be patient
Because when the arrow leaves the bow it returns no more.
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Metre | 1110101101111111100 101001001101 111010100101 1010101000100111110001101001010110111001111110101111001101011101111010101 111101010111 11111101101 11001011000101110 01101010110111 |
Characters | 700 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 63 |
Words per line (avg) | 16 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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