Song Of Lovely Women Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOOOOP OQO RHSTOUOVOWOO| Third day third month festival | A |
| and the air fresh with spring | B |
| beside Serpentine Lake in Chang'an | C |
| many lovely women stroll | D |
| Their appearance is elegant | E |
| their thoughts lofty and refined | F |
| their complexions delicate | G |
| figures in perfect proportion | H |
| Their embroidered silk gowns | I |
| glisten with spring light | J |
| golden peacocks and beasts of silver | K |
| strut upon the fabric | L |
| What is it that they wear | M |
| upon their heads | N |
| Jeweled headbands with kingfisher feathers | O |
| dangling to their hairlines | O |
| And what is it that we see | O |
| upon their backs | O |
| Pearl studded overskirts | O |
| drawn tight at the waist | P |
| Among them are kin of the Pepper flower Chamber with its cloud patterned curtains | O |
| the Duchesses of Guo and Qin | Q |
| honored with the names of nations | O |
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| A great roast of purple camel hump | R |
| rises from a green cauldron | H |
| and crystal plates gleam | S |
| with heaps of white scaled fish | T |
| But the rhinoceros horn chopsticks | O |
| long sated are slow to descend | U |
| and the belled knife handles | O |
| dance vainly above the roast | V |
| The flying steeds of the eunuchs | O |
| hardly stir the dust | W |
| as they bear in eight exotic dishes | O |
| from the Imperial Kitchens | O |
Du Fu
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