Drinking Alone In The Moonlight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFAGHIJK ALCDAMNOPQKRSETQT EBUDKCVPC KWXUYT| Amongst the flowers I | A |
| am alone with my pot of wine | B |
| drinking by myself then lifting | C |
| my cup I asked the moon | D |
| to drink with me its reflection | E |
| and mine in the wine cup just | F |
| the three of us then I sigh | A |
| for the moon cannot drink | G |
| and my shadow goes emptily along | H |
| with me never saying a word | I |
| with no other friends here I can | J |
| but use these two for company | K |
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| in the time of happiness I | A |
| too must be happy with all | L |
| around me I sit and sing | C |
| and it is as if the moon | D |
| accompanies me then if I | A |
| dance it is my shadow that | M |
| dances along with me while | N |
| still not drunk I am glad | O |
| to make the moon and my shadow | P |
| into friends but then when | Q |
| I have drunk too much we | K |
| all part yet these are | R |
| friends I can always count on | S |
| these who have no emotion | E |
| whatsoever I hope that one day | T |
| we three will meet again | Q |
| deep in the Milky Way | T |
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| Version | E |
| Beneath the blossoms with a pot of wine | B |
| No friends at hand so I poured alone | U |
| I raised my cup to invite the moon | D |
| Turned to my shadow and we became three | K |
| Now the moon had never learned about drinking | C |
| And my shadow had merely followed my form | V |
| But I quickly made friends with the moon and my shadow | P |
| To find pleasure in life make the most of the spring | C |
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| Whenever I sang the moon swayed with me | K |
| Whenever I danced my shadow went wild | W |
| Drinking we shared our enjoyment together | X |
| Drunk then each went off on his own | U |
| But forever agreed on dispassionate revels | Y |
| We promised to meet in the far Milky Way | T |
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