Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 45 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEFBGHBI| A kind old man in Baghdad | A |
| Gave his daughter to a cobbler | B |
| The cruel little man so bit her | B |
| That blood flowed from the daughter s lips | C |
| Next morning the father saw her thus | D |
| And going to the bridegroom asked him | E |
| O mean wretch what teeth are these | F |
| Chewest thou thus her lips They are not leather | B |
| I do not say these words in jest | G |
| Leave joking off and enjoy her seriously | H |
| If ill humour becomes fixed in a nature | B |
| It will not leave it till the time of death | I |
Saadi Shirazi
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