Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 24 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE F| A weak fisherman caught a strong fish in his net and not being able to retain it the fish overcame him and pulled the net from his hand | A |
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| A boy went to bring water from the torrent | B |
| The torrent came and took the boy away | C |
| The net brought every time a fish | D |
| This time the fish went and carried off the net | E |
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| The other fishermen were sorry and blamed him for not being able to retain such a fish which had fallen into his net He replied O brothers what can be done My day was not lucky but the fish had yet one remaining Moral A fisherman cannot catch a fish in the Tigris without a day of luck and a fish cannot die on dry ground without the decree of fate | F |
Saadi Shirazi
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