After Collecting The Autumn Taxes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECFGHIJCKL| From my high castle I look at the town below | A |
| Where the natives of Pa cluster like a swarm of flies | B |
| How can I govern these people and lead them aright | C |
| I cannot even understand what they say | D |
| But at least I am glad now that the taxes are in | E |
| To learn that in my province there is no discontent | C |
| I fear its prosperity is not due to me | F |
| And was only caused by the year's abundant crops | G |
| The papers that lie on my desk are simple and few | H |
| My house by the moat is leisurely and still | I |
| In the autumn rain the berries fall from the eaves | J |
| At the evening bell the birds return to the wood | C |
| A broken sunlight quavers over the southern porch | K |
| Where I lie on my couch abandoned of idleness | L |
Bai Juyi
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