The Bad Road Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD DE FGH FIJ A| I have seen a pathway shaded by green great trees | A |
| A road bordered by thickets light with flowers | B |
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| My eyes have entered in under the green shadow | C |
| And made a cool journey far along the road | D |
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| But I shall not take the road | D |
| Because it does not lead to her house | E |
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| When she was born | F |
| They shut her little feet in iron boxes | G |
| So that my beloved never walks the roads | H |
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| When she was born | F |
| They shut her heart in a box of iron | I |
| So that my beloved shall never love me | J |
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| From the Chinese | A |
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