Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 63
It is written in the Evangel: ‘O son of Adam, if I give thee riches, thou wilt turn away from me with mundane cares, and if I make thee poor thou wilt sit down with a sad heart; then where wilt thou enjoy the sweetness of adoring me, and when wilt thou hasten to serve me?’
Sometimes thou art made haughty, and careless by wealth,
Sometimes art in distress from exhaustion and penury.
If thy state be such in joy and in distress,
I know not when thou wilt turn to God from thyself.
Scheme | A XAXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111000111110111110111011110110111111111101111110101010101011110111 011111001011 01100110100100 11111010001 11111111111 |
Characters | 529 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 75 |
Words per line (avg) | 19 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 187 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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