Canto 13 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHIGDJKBKBLGM NOPQQIRIIDGDSTUVBUQW GXYZQYYYDYQDQA2UQGB DYUY GB2GQB2C2DQRGQGD2E2Q F2G2GKung walked | A |
by the dynastic temple | B |
and into the cedar grove | C |
and then out by the lower river | D |
And with him Khieu Tchi | E |
and Tian the low speaking | F |
And we are unknown said Kung | G |
You will take up charioteering | G |
Then you will become known | H |
Or perhaps I should take up charioterring or archery | I |
Or the practice of public speaking | G |
And Tseu lou said I would put the defences in order | D |
And Khieu said If I were lord of a province | J |
I would put it in better order than this is | K |
And Tchi said I would prefer a small mountain temple | B |
With order in the observances | K |
with a suitable performance of the ritual | B |
And Tian said with his hand on the strings of his lute | L |
The low sounds continuing | G |
after his hand left the strings | M |
And the sound went up like smoke under the leaves | N |
And he looked after the sound | O |
The old swimming hole | P |
And the boys flopping off the planks | Q |
Or sitting in the underbrush playing mandolins | Q |
And Kung smiled upon all of them equally | I |
And Thseng sie desired to know | R |
Which had answered correctly | I |
And Kung said They have all answered correctly | I |
That is to say each in his nature | D |
And Kung raised his cane against Yuan Jang | G |
Yuan Jang being his elder | D |
For Yuan Jang sat by the roadside pretending to | S |
be receiving wisdom | T |
And Kung said | U |
You old fool come out of it | V |
Get up and do something useful | B |
And Kung said | U |
Respect a child's faculties | Q |
From the moment it inhales the clear air | W |
But a man of fifty who knows nothng | G |
Is worthy of no respect | X |
And When the prince has gathered about him | Y |
All the savants and artists his riches will be fully employed | Z |
And Kung said and wrote on the bo leaves | Q |
If a man have not order within him | Y |
He can not spread order about him | Y |
And if a man have not order within him | Y |
His family will not act with due order | D |
And if the prince have not order within him | Y |
He can not put order in his dominions | Q |
And Kung gave the words order | D |
and brotherly deference | Q |
And said nothing of the life after death | A2 |
And he said | U |
Anyone can run to excesses | Q |
It is easy to shoot past the mark | G |
It is hard to stand firm in the middle | B |
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And they said If a man commit murder | D |
Should his father protect him and hide him | Y |
And Kung said | U |
He should hide him | Y |
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And Kung gave his daughter to Kong Tchang | G |
Although Kong Tchang was in prison | B2 |
And he gave his niece to Nan Young | G |
although Nan Young was out of office | Q |
And Kung said Wan ruled with moderation | B2 |
In his day the State was well kept | C2 |
And even I can remember | D |
A day when the historians left blanks in their writings | Q |
I mean for things they didn't know | R |
But that time seems to be passing | G |
A day when the historians left blanks in their writings | Q |
But that time seems to be passing | G |
And Kung said Without character you will | D2 |
be unable to play on that instrument | E2 |
Or to execute the music fit for the Odes | Q |
The blossoms of the apricot | F2 |
blow from the east to the west | G2 |
And I have tried to keep them from falling | G |
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