In Lukewarm Weather Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DBE FG HCIJ K| The women who were girls a long time ago | A |
| Are sitting between the flower bushes | B |
| And speaking softly together | C |
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| They pretend that we are old and have white hair | D |
| They say also that our faces | B |
| Are not like the spring moons | E |
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| Perhaps it is a lie | F |
| We cannot see ourselves | G |
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| Who will tell us for certain | H |
| That winter is not at the other side of the mirror | C |
| Obscuring our delights | I |
| And covering our hair with frost | J |
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| From the Chinese of Wang Ch'ang Ling eighth century | K |
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