Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Advice 01

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



If thou art aware of news which will grieve a heart, remain silent that others may convey it.

Nightingale, bring tidings of spring.  
          Leave bad news to the owl.   


Scheme X XX
Poetic Form
Metre 11101111110101101101011 10011011 111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 188
Words 31
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 2
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 42
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 63
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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