Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 48
A rich profligate is a lump of earth gilded and a pious dervish is a sweetheart besmeared with earth. The latter is the patched garment of Moses and the former is the bejewelled beard of Pharaoh. Nevertheless good men retain a cheerful countenance in adversity whilst the rich droop their heads even in prosperity.
Who possesses wealth and dignity but therewith
Succours not those whose minds are distressed,
Inform him that no kind of wealth and dignity
He will enjoy in the mansion of the next world.
| Scheme | A XXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 0110101111000101010111101010110110001010111100011101010100001001011111000100 10101010011 11111101 011111110100 110100101011 |
| Characters | 553 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 82 |
| Words per line (avg) | 17 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 206 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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