Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 04
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
A learned man who is not abstinent resembles a torchbearer who guides others but does not guide himself.
Who has spent a profitless life
Bought nothing and threw away his gold.
| Scheme | X XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011111100010011110111101 111011 110010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 202 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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