Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 64

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



The will of the Inscrutable brings down one from the royal throne, and protects the other in the belly of a fish.

Happy is the time of the man  
               Who spends it in adoring thee.


Scheme X XX
Poetic Form
Metre 01100100111101010010100010101 10101101 11100101
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 211
Words 37
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 2
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 45
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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