Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 41 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCACD| Iskandur Rumi having been asked how he had conquered the east and the west considering that the treasures territories reigns and armies of former kings exceeded his own and they had not gained such a victory replied Whatever country I conquered by the aid of God the most high I abstained from distressing its population and spoke nothing but good of the king | A |
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| The intelligent will not call him great | B |
| Who speaks ill of the great | B |
| All this is nothing as it passes away | C |
| Throne and luck command and prohibition taking and giving | A |
| Injure not the name of those who have passed away | C |
| In order that thy own name may subsist | D |
Saadi Shirazi
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