Lodging With The Old Man Of The Stream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP| Men's hearts love gold and jade | A |
| Men's mouths covet wine and flesh | B |
| Not so the old man of the stream | C |
| He drinks from his gourd and asks nothing more | D |
| South of the stream he cuts firewood and grass | E |
| North of the stream he has built wall and roof | F |
| Yearly he sows a single acre of land | G |
| In spring he drives two yellow calves | H |
| In these things he finds great repose | I |
| Beyond these he has no wish or care | J |
| By chance I meet him walking by the water side | K |
| He took me home and lodged me in his thatched hut | L |
| When I parted from him to seek market and Court | M |
| This old man asked my rank and pay | N |
| Doubting my tale he laughed loud and long | O |
| 'Privy Councillors do not sleep in barns ' | P |
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