Analysis of Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 13
A man used to shout superfluous calls to prayers in the mosque of Sinjar and in a voice which displeased all who heard it. The owner of the mosque, who was a just and virtuous amir, not desirous to give him pain, said: ‘My good fellow, in this mosque there are old muezzins’ to each of whom I pay five dinars monthly but to thee I shall give ten, if thou wilt go to another place.’ The man agreed and went away. Some time afterwards however, he returned to the amir and said: ‘My lord, thou hast injured me by turning me away for ten dinars from this place because where I next went they offered me twenty dinars to go to another locality but I refused.’ The amir smiled and said: ‘By no means accept them because will give thee even fifty dinars.’
No one can scrape the mud from gravel with an axe
As thy discordant shouting scrapes the heart.
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Metre | 0111110111001110001101111101010111010100011010111111110011111111111111010111111111111010101010101111001010110010111111011101011110111011111110110101110100100110100110111101101111101010 111101110111 1101010101 |
Characters | 888 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 3 |
Letters per line (avg) | 220 |
Words per line (avg) | 54 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 330 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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