Analysis of Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 02
One of the kings of Khorasan had a vision in a dream of Sultan
Mahmud, one hundred years after his death. His whole person appeared
to have been dissolved and turned to dust, except his eyes, which were
revolving in their orbits and looking about. All the sages were unable
to give an interpretation, except a dervish who made his salutation
and said: 'He is still looking amazed how his kingdom belongs to
others.'
Many famous men have been buried under ground
Of whose existence on earth not a trace has remained
And that old corpse which had been surrendered to the earth
Was so consumed by the soil that not a bone remains.
The glorious name of Nushirvan survives in good repute
Although much time elapsed since he passed away.
Do good, O man, and consider life as a good fortune,
The more so, as when a shout is raised, a man exists no more.
Scheme | AXXXAXX XXXXXXAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111010001110 1011011011111001 111010111011110 01001100100110100010 1110010010101111 0111110011110011 10 101011110101 1101011101101 0111111010101 1101101110101 0100111010101 1110111101 11110010110110 011110111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 848 |
Words | 159 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 337 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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