Eating Bamboo Shoots Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP| My new province is a land of bamboo groves | A |
| Their shoots in spring fill the valleys and hills | B |
| The mountain woodman cuts an armful of them | C |
| And brings them down to sell at the early market | D |
| Things are cheap in proportion as they are common | E |
| For two farthings I buy a whole bundle | F |
| I put the shoots in a great earthen pot | G |
| And heat them up along with boiling rice | H |
| The purple nodules broken like an old brocade | I |
| The white skin opened like new pearls | J |
| Now every day I eat them recklessly | K |
| For a long time I have not touched meat | L |
| All the time I was living at Lo yang | M |
| They could not give me enough to suit my taste | N |
| Now I can have as many shoots as I please | O |
| For each breath of the south wind makes a new bamboo | P |
Bai Juyi
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