Canto 13 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHIGDJKBKBLGM NOPQQIRIIDGDSTUVBUQW GXYZQYYYDYQDQA2UQGB DYUY GB2GQB2C2DQRGQGD2E2Q F2G2G

Kung walkedA
by the dynastic templeB
and into the cedar groveC
and then out by the lower riverD
And with him Khieu TchiE
and Tian the low speakingF
And we are unknown said KungG
You will take up charioteeringG
Then you will become knownH
Or perhaps I should take up charioterring or archeryI
Or the practice of public speakingG
And Tseu lou said I would put the defences in orderD
And Khieu said If I were lord of a provinceJ
I would put it in better order than this isK
And Tchi said I would prefer a small mountain templeB
With order in the observancesK
with a suitable performance of the ritualB
And Tian said with his hand on the strings of his luteL
The low sounds continuingG
after his hand left the stringsM
And the sound went up like smoke under the leavesN
And he looked after the soundO
The old swimming holeP
And the boys flopping off the planksQ
Or sitting in the underbrush playing mandolinsQ
And Kung smiled upon all of them equallyI
And Thseng sie desired to knowR
Which had answered correctlyI
And Kung said They have all answered correctlyI
That is to say each in his natureD
And Kung raised his cane against Yuan JangG
Yuan Jang being his elderD
For Yuan Jang sat by the roadside pretending toS
be receiving wisdomT
And Kung saidU
You old fool come out of itV
Get up and do something usefulB
And Kung saidU
Respect a child's facultiesQ
From the moment it inhales the clear airW
But a man of fifty who knows nothngG
Is worthy of no respectX
And When the prince has gathered about himY
All the savants and artists his riches will be fully employedZ
And Kung said and wrote on the bo leavesQ
If a man have not order within himY
He can not spread order about himY
And if a man have not order within himY
His family will not act with due orderD
And if the prince have not order within himY
He can not put order in his dominionsQ
And Kung gave the words orderD
and brotherly deferenceQ
And said nothing of the life after deathA2
And he saidU
Anyone can run to excessesQ
It is easy to shoot past the markG
It is hard to stand firm in the middleB
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And they said If a man commit murderD
Should his father protect him and hide himY
And Kung saidU
He should hide himY
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And Kung gave his daughter to Kong TchangG
Although Kong Tchang was in prisonB2
And he gave his niece to Nan YoungG
although Nan Young was out of officeQ
And Kung said Wan ruled with moderationB2
In his day the State was well keptC2
And even I can rememberD
A day when the historians left blanks in their writingsQ
I mean for things they didn't knowR
But that time seems to be passingG
A day when the historians left blanks in their writingsQ
But that time seems to be passingG
And Kung said Without character you willD2
be unable to play on that instrumentE2
Or to execute the music fit for the OdesQ
The blossoms of the apricotF2
blow from the east to the westG2
And I have tried to keep them from fallingG

Ezra Pound



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