Ch 06 On Weakness And Old Age Story 03 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE| I was in Diarbekr the guest of an old man who possessed abundant wealth and a beautiful son One night he narrated to me that he had all his life no other son but this boy telling me that in the locality people resorted to a certain tree in a valley to offer petitions and that he had during many nights prayed at the foot of the said tree till the Almighty granted him this son I overheard the boy whispering to his companion How good it would be if I knew where that tree is that I might pray for my father to die Moral The gentleman is delighted that his son is intelligent and the boy complains that his father is a dotard | A |
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| Years elapse without thy visiting | B |
| The tomb of thy father | C |
| What good hast thou done to him | D |
| To expect the same from thy son | E |
Saadi Shirazi
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