Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 17
Everyone thinks himself perfect in intellect and his child in beauty.
A Jew was debating with a Musalman
Till I shook with laughter at their dispute.
The Moslem said in anger: ‘If this deed of mine
Is not correct, may God cause me to die a Jew.’
The Jew said: ‘I swear by the Pentateuch
That if my oath is false, I shall die a Moslem like thee.’
Should from the surface of the earth wisdom disappear
Still no one will acknowledge his own ignorance.
| Scheme | A BXBXXAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010101010011010 011010101 1111101101 010101011111 110111111101 01111101 11111111101011 110101011001 111101011100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 534 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 176 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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