Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 19 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFG| It is related that whilst some game was being roasted for Nushirvan the just during a hunting party no salt could be found Accordingly a boy was sent to an adjoining village to bring some Nushirvan said Pay for the salt lest it should become a custom and the village be ruined Having been asked what harm could arise from such a trifling demand Nushirvan replied The foundation of oppression was small in the world but whoever came augmented it so that it reached its present magnitude | A |
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| If the king eats one apple from the garden of a subject | B |
| His slaves will pull him up the tree from the roots | C |
| For five eggs which the sultan allows to be taken by force | D |
| The people belonging to his army will put a thousand fowls on the spit | E |
| A tyrant does not remain in the world | F |
| But the curse on him abides for ever | G |
Saadi Shirazi
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