Analysis of Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 09
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
I was hesitating in the conclusion of a bargain for the purchase of a house when a Jew said: ‘Buy it for I am one of the landholders of this ward. Ask me for a description of the house as it is and it has no defect.’ I replied: ‘Except that thou art the neighbour of it.’
A house which has a neighbour like thee
Is worth ten dirhems of a deficient standard
But the hope must be entertained
That after thy death it will be worth a thousand.
| Scheme | X XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 111000001010101010101101111111110101111110010101111011110101011110111 01110111 11111001010 1011101 110111111010 |
| Characters | 481 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 68 |
| Words per line (avg) | 18 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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