Analysis of Ch 01 Manner of Kings Story 38
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
A company of philosophers were discussing a subject in the palace of Kesra and Barzachumihr, having remained silent, they asked him why he took no share in the debate. He replied: "Veziers are like physicians and the latter give medicine to the sick only but, as I perceive that your opinions are in conformity with propriety, I have nothing to say about them."
When an affair succeeds without my idle talk
It is not meet for me to speak thereon.
But if I see a blind man near a well
It is a crime for me to remain silent.
| Scheme | X XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 0100101000010001001011011001101111111100011011110100010110010110111011101010010010100111011011 110101011101 1111111101 1111011101 11011110110 |
| Characters | 585 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 83 |
| Words per line (avg) | 20 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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