Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 38
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
A friend whom people have been cherishing during a lifetime they must not suddenly insult.
It takes a stone many a year to become a ruby.
Beware not to break it in a moment with a stone.
| Scheme | X XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111011100100111110001 11011001101010 0111110010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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