A Lament For My Son, Ts'ui Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFGGGBH GIJK LMNOP| You were a pearl | A |
| In the palm of my hand | B |
| My tiny baby boy | C |
| - | |
| Why is it that I | D |
| A white haired man of three score years | E |
| Am left behind | F |
| And you a child of three | G |
| Must by Heaven's silent stern decree | G |
| Precede me | G |
| To that strange and far off land | B |
| Of death | H |
| - | |
| My heart is wounded sorely | G |
| But not with a blade of steel | I |
| My old eyes are dimmed and dull | J |
| But not with the dust of earth | K |
| - | |
| These arms | L |
| That held you closely to my breast | M |
| Are empty now | N |
| And I mourn as did Teng Yu of old | O |
| My only son | P |
Bai Juyi
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