Chinese Paper Knife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DBDB ECEC EBEB| For the first time ever and only now | A |
| Long waiting where I should see | B |
| The tiny carved bird the bony bough | A |
| Start sharp into life for me | B |
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| Why not until now why suddenly now | A |
| This recognition Replies | C |
| The bird must know who from that bough | A |
| Holds me with staring eyes | C |
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| The owl once more but this time found | D |
| In foliage strange to me | B |
| Fantastic branches warp around | D |
| From the scaly uptwisting tree | B |
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| A trifle ah yes but the carver achieved | E |
| A forest dream where flies | C |
| In and out the boughs so various leaved | E |
| This bird with the pinhead eyes | C |
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| Then praised be this today whose light | E |
| Revealed this fabulous tree | B |
| And original owl which many a night | E |
| Will lead into mystery | B |
Edmund Blunden
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