Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 36 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFA| There were two brothers one of them in the service of the sultan and the other gaining his livelihood by the effort of his arm The wealthy man once asked his destitute brother why he did not serve the sultan in order to be delivered from the hardship of labouring He replied Why labourest thou not to be delivered from the baseness of service because philosophers have said that it is better to eat barley bread and to sit than to gird oneself with a golden belt and to stand in service | A |
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| To leaven mortar of quicklime with the hand | B |
| Is better than to hold them on the breast before the amir | C |
| My precious life was spent in considering | D |
| What I am to eat in summer and wear in winter | E |
| O ignoble belly be satisfied with one bread | F |
| Rather than to bend the back in service | A |
Saadi Shirazi
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