Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 72
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
Gold is obtained from a mine by digging it, but from a miser by digging the soul.
Vile men spend not, but preserve.
They say hope of spending is better than spending.
One day thou seest the wish of the foe fulfilled
The gold remaining and the vile man dead.
| Scheme | X XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 110110111011101011001 1111101 111110110110 11110110101 0101000111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 303 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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