By The Lake Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEFGHIJ| The old fellow from Shao ling weeps with stifled sobs as he walks furtively by the bends of the Sepentine on a day in spring | A |
| In the waterside palaces the thousands of doors are locked For whom have the willows and rushed put on their fresh greenery | B |
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| I remember how formerly when the Emperor's rainbow banner made its way into the South Park everything in the park seemed to bloom with a brighter color The First Lady of the Chao yang Palace rode in the same carriage as her lord in | C |
| attendance at his side while before the carriage rode maids of honour equipped with bows and arrows their white horses champing at golden bits | D |
| Leaning back face skywards they shot into the clouds and the Lady laughed gaily when a bird fell to the ground transfixed by a well aimed arrow | E |
| Where are the bright eyes and the flashing smile now | F |
| Tainted with blood pollution her wandering soul cannot make its way back | G |
| The clear waters of the Wei flow eastwards and Chien ko is far away between the one who has gone and the one who remains no communication is possible | H |
| It is human to have feelings and shed tears for such things but the grasses and flowers of the lakeside go on for ever unmoved | I |
| As evening falls the city is full of the dust of foreign horseman My way is towards the South City but my gaze turns northward tr Hawkes | J |
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