Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 78
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
The padshah is to remove oppressors; the police, murderers; and the qazi to hear complaints about thieves; but two enemies willing to agree to what is right will not apply to him.
When thou seest that it must be given what is right
Pay it rather with grace than fighting and distressed.
If a man pays not his tax of his own accord
The officer’s man will take it by force.
Scheme | X XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 011101010001100001110101111100101011111110111 111111110111 111011110001 101111111101 0100111111 |
Characters | 419 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 59 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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