Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 07 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCBDAEFBFGHIJD KBLM NO| A padshah was in the same boat with a Persian slave who had never | A |
| before been at sea and experienced the inconvenience of a vessel He | B |
| began to cry and to tremble to such a degree that he could not be | B |
| pacified by kindness so that at last the king became displeased as | C |
| the matter could not be remedied In that boat there happened to be | B |
| a philosopher who said 'With thy permission I shall quiet him ' | D |
| The padshah replied 'It will be a great favour ' The philosopher | A |
| ordered the slave to be thrown into the water so that he swallowed | E |
| some of it whereon be was caught and pulled by his hair to the | F |
| boat to the stern of which he clung with both his hands Then he | B |
| sat down in a corner and became quiet This appeared strange to the | F |
| king who knew not what wisdom there was in the proceeding and asked | G |
| for it The philosopher replied 'Before he had tasted the calamity of | H |
| being drowned he knew not the safety of the boat thus also a man | I |
| does not appreciate the value of immunity from a misfortune until it | J |
| has befallen him ' | D |
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| O thou full man barley bread pleases thee not | K |
| She is my sweetheart who appears ugly to thee | B |
| To the huris of paradise purgatory seems hell | L |
| Ask the denizens of hell To them purgatory is paradise | M |
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| There is a difference between him whose friend is in his arms | N |
| And him whose eyes of expectation are upon the door | O |
Saadi Shirazi
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