A Woman Of Quality Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFGHIJKDLMNOPQR SATUHVWXYZA2YB2C2D2E 2YF2G2H2I2| Matchless in breeding and beauty | A |
| a fine lady has taken refuge | B |
| in this forsaken valley | A |
| She is of good family she says | C |
| but her fortune has withered away | D |
| now she lives as the grass and trees | E |
| When the heartlands fell to the rebels | F |
| her brothers were put to death | G |
| birth and position availed nothing | H |
| she was not even allowed | I |
| to bring home their bones for burial | J |
| The world turns quickly against | K |
| those who have had their day | D |
| fortune is a lamp flame | L |
| flickering in the wind | M |
| Her husband is a fickle fellow | N |
| who has a lovely new woman | O |
| Even the vetch tree is more constant | P |
| folding its leaves every dusk | Q |
| and mandarin ducks | R |
| always sleep with their mates | S |
| But he has eyes only | A |
| for his new woman's smile | T |
| and his ears are deaf | U |
| to his first wife's weeping | H |
| High in the mountains | V |
| spring water is clear as truth | W |
| but when it reaches the lowlands | X |
| it is muddied with rumor | Y |
| Her serving maid returns | Z |
| from selling her pearls | A2 |
| she drags a creeper over | Y |
| to cover holes in the roof | B2 |
| The flowers the lady picks | C2 |
| are not for her hair | D2 |
| and the handfuls of cypress | E2 |
| are a bitter stay against hunger | Y |
| Her pretty blue sleeves | F2 |
| are too thin for the cold | G2 |
| as evening falls | H2 |
| she leans on the tall bamboo | I2 |
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