Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 18
Ten men eat at a table but two dogs will contend for one piece of carrion. A greedy person will still be hungry with the whole world, whilst a contented man will be satisfied with one bread. Wise men have said that poverty with content is better than wealth and not abundance.
Narrow intestines may be filled with dry bread
But the wealth of the surface of the world will not fill a greedy eye.
When the term of my father’s life had come to an end
He gave me this one advice and passed away:
Lust is fire, abstain therefrom,
Make not the fire of hell sharp for thee.
In that fire the burning thou wilt not be able to bear,
Quench this fire with water today.
Scheme | X XXXAXXXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101111011111100010101111010111001011110111111111001101101101010 10010111111 10110101011110101 1011110111111 11111010101 1110011 1101011111 011001011111011 111011001 |
Characters | 713 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 58 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 259 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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