Analysis of Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 12
One night I had in the desert of Mekkah become so weak from want of sleep that I was unable to walk and, laying myself down, told the camel driver to let me alone.
How far can the foot of a wretched pedestrian go
When a dromedary gets distressed by its load?
Whilst the body of a fat man becomes lean
A weak man will be dead of exhaustion.
He replied: ‘O brother, the sanctuary is in front of us and brigands in the rear. If thou goest thou wilt prosper. If thou sleepest thou wilt die.’
It is pleasant to sleep under an acacia on the desert road
But alas! thou must bid farewell to life on the night of departure.
| Scheme | X XAXX X AX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111100101101111111111010110101110101011101 11101101001001 10100101111 10101011011 0111111010 101110010010111010011111110111111 11101110101010101 1011111111011010 |
| Characters | 689 |
| Words | 125 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 1, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 60 |
| Words per line (avg) | 15 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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