Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 15
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
A fool is pleased by flattery like the inflated heel of a corpse that has the appearance of fatness.
Take care not to listen to the voice of a flatterer
Who expects cheaply to derive profit from thee.
If one day thou failest to satisfy his wishes
He enumerates two hundred faults of thine.
| Scheme | A XXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 0111110010010110111001011 111110101101 101101011011 11111110110 1010110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 337 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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