A Poet Thinks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD EB FFC GB H IJ KL KM NO PC QR H ST I| The rain is due to fall | A |
| The wind blows softly | B |
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| The branches of the cinnamon are moving | C |
| The begonias stir on the green mounds | D |
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| Bright are the flying leaves | E |
| The falling flowers are many | B |
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| The wind lifted the dry dust | F |
| And he is lifting the wet dust | F |
| Here and there the wind moves everything | C |
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| He passes under light gauze | G |
| And touches me | B |
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| I am alone with the beating of my heart | H |
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| There are leagues of sky | I |
| And the water is flowing very fast | J |
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| Why do the birds let their feathers | K |
| Fall among the clouds | L |
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| I would have them carry my letters | K |
| But the sky is long | M |
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| The stream flows east | N |
| And not one wave comes back with news | O |
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| The scented magnolias are shining still | P |
| But always a few are falling | C |
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| I close his box on my guitar of jasper | Q |
| And lay aside my jade flute | R |
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| I am alone with the beating of my heart | H |
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| Stay with me to night | S |
| Old songs | T |
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| From the Chinese of Liu Chi | I |
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