Ch 05 On Love And Youth Story 02 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDBEF| It is said that a gentleman possessed a slave of exquisite beauty whom he regarded with love and affection He nevertheless said to a friend Would that this slave of mine with all the beauty and good qualities he possesses had not a long and uncivil tongue He replied Brother do not expect service after professing friendship because when relations between lover and beloved come in the relations between master and servant are superseded | A |
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| When a master with a fairy faced slave | B |
| Begins to play and to laugh | C |
| What wonder if the latter coquets like the master | D |
| And the gentleman bears it like a slave | B |
| A slave is to draw water and make bricks | E |
| A pampered slave will strike with the fist | F |
Saadi Shirazi
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