Ch 06 On Weakness And Old Age Story 09 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIIJKIL| I have heard that in these days a decrepit aged man | A |
| Took the fancy in his old head to get a spouse | B |
| He married a beauteous little girl Jewel by name | C |
| When he had concealed his casket of jewels from the eyes of men | D |
| A spectacle took place as is customary in weddings | E |
| But in the first onslaught the organ of the sheikh fell asleep | F |
| He spanned the bow but hit not the target it being impossible to sew | G |
| A tight coarse robe except with a needle of steel | H |
| He complained to his friends and showed proofs | I |
| That his furniture had been utterly destroyed by her impudence | I |
| Such fighting and contention arose between man and wife | J |
| That the affair came before the qazi and Sa di said | K |
| After all this reproach and villainy the fault is not the girl s | I |
| Thou whose hand trembles how canst thou bore a Jewel | L |
Saadi Shirazi
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