Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 30

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



Whoever does not listen to advice will have occasion to hear reproof.

If admonition enters not thy ear  
            Be silent when I blame thee.   


Scheme X XX
Poetic Form
Metre 010111010111010111 101010111 1101111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 165
Words 26
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 2
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 53
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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