Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 03

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



Knowledge is for the cherishing of religion, not for amassing wealth.

Who sold abstinence, knowledge and piety  
        Filled a granary but burnt it clean away.


Scheme X XX
Poetic Form
Metre 101101001010110101 11100100100 101111101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 176
Words 27
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 2
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 62
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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