To My Brothers & Sisters Adrift In Troubled Times This Poem Of The Moon. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHI| Since the disorders in Henan and the famine in Guannei my brothers and sisters have been scattered Looking at the moon I express my thoughts in this poem which I send to my eldest brother at Fuliang my seventh brother at Yuqian My fifteen brother at Wujiang and my younger brothers and sisters at Fuli and Xiagui | A |
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| My heritage lost through disorder and famine | B |
| My brothers and sisters flung eastward and westward | C |
| My fields and gardens wrecked by the war | D |
| My own flesh and blood become scum of the street | E |
| I moan to my shadow like a lone wandering wildgoose | F |
| I am torn from my root like a water plant in autumn | G |
| I gaze at the moon and my tears run down | H |
| For hearts in five places all sick with one wish | I |
Bai Juyi
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