Ch 06 On Weakness And Old Age Story 04 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE| One day in the pride of youth I had travelled hard and arrived perfectly exhausted in the evening at the foot of an acclivity A weak old man who had likewise been following the caravan came and asked me why I was sleeping this not being the place for it I replied How am I to travel having lost the use of my feet He said Hast thou not heard that it is better to walk gently and to halt now and then than to run and to become exhausted | A |
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| O thou who desirest to reach the station | B |
| Take my advice and learn patience | C |
| An Arab horse gallops twice in a race | D |
| A camel ambles gently night and day | E |
Saadi Shirazi
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