Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 08
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
As long as an affair can be arranged with gold, it is not proper to endanger life.
When the hand is foiled in every stratagem
It is licit to put the hand to the sword.
| Scheme | X XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011101111111010101 101110100100 1111101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 197 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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