2. A Simple Breakdown of Didactic
Literature: writing that teaches.
Didactic is derived from Greek
language and it means “to teach”.
Didactic literature teaches values in a
society such as wisdom and teach
basic rules of behavior in public and
private.The stories generally end with
a simple moral to make a point of what
the writer was trying to convey.
3. Rumi: 1207-1273
Rumi Was born in Central Asia in the city
of Balkh. His family moved to Anatolia
(Turkey) and settled in the capital city,
Konya.
After his father died, He became a
religious teacher and gained a large
circle of disciples as well.
Rumi’s Friend Shams was murdered by
his own followers out of jealousy which
played a large part in his poetry.
Rumi’s most famous work is the Masnavi,
which is a long poem he wrote to say
that he would continue to give guidance
to his disciples for future generations.
Rumi wrote quite often while standing,
walking, or doing something and also
did not revise his work very often.
The Masnavi made Rumi immortal
because of its being the most important
part of Sufi Literature ever written.
4. The wise man is the leader and he
makes his own decisions. He is God
himself. He guides us(The half-wise
and the fool on occasion). His torch is
his knowledge which he guides us
with.
The Half-wise(Us as humans) Follow
god and know why.We understand
why we follow him and learn from him
but we aren’t omniscient.We can be
close to it, but never can we actually
be omniscient.
The fool is the part of the human race
who follows God’s word but doesn’t
know why. He may listen to his words,
But he isn’t really understanding the
true meaning to it.
Rumi’s purpose for writing this poem
was to show his affection for the wise
man(God). Rumi Was very attached to
God and his poetry reflected it.
5. Knowing Rumi’s Affection for God,
something is going to resemble god in
this poem.
The bird resembles God. He Gave the
counsels as a teaching to help guide
the person in the future.Though he
made the man look like a fool, he
taught him/attempted to teach his a
lesson which would help him later.
The man represents us as humans who
follow God but do not take his
counsels into mind and accept them
as teachings.
Throughout the course of this
poem, Rumi conveyed the idea
that humans are ignorant to god
and his teachings, which we will
suffer greatly for just like the man
in this poem did.
6. Knowing Rumi’s Affection for God,
something is going to resemble god in
this poem.
The bird resembles God. He Gave the
counsels as a teaching to help guide
the person in the future.Though he
made the man look like a fool, he
taught him/attempted to teach his a
lesson which would help him later.
The man represents us as humans who
follow God but do not take his
counsels into mind and accept them
as teachings.
Throughout the course of this
poem, Rumi conveyed the idea
that humans are ignorant to god
and his teachings, which we will
suffer greatly for just like the man
in this poem did.
