Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 69

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



The earth receives showers from heaven and gives to it only dust. Every vessel exudes what it contains.

If my humour appears to thee unbecoming  
         Lose not thy own good humour.   


Scheme X XX
Poetic Form
Metre 010110110011110110010011101 1110111010 111111
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 201
Words 33
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 2
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 47
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 70
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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