His Dream Of The Skyland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GH IJ KLMNOPEQRS TUUVWX VYEZA2U B2UUUC2UD2V E2VF2UUUG2| The seafarers tell of the Eastern Isle of Bliss | A |
| It is lost in a wilderness of misty sea waves | B |
| But the Sky land of the south the Yueh landers say | C |
| May be seen through cracks of the glimmering cloud | D |
| This land of the sky stretches across the leagues of heaven | E |
| It rises above the Five Mountains and towers over the Scarlet Castle | F |
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| While as if staggering before it the Tien tai Peak | G |
| Of forty eight thousand feet leans toward the southeast | H |
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| So longing to dream of the southlands of Wu and Yueh | I |
| I flew across the Mirror Lake one night under the moon | J |
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| The moon in the lake followed my flight | K |
| Followed me to the town of Yen chi | L |
| Here still stands the mansion of Prince Hsieh | M |
| I saw the green waters curl and heard the monkeys' shrill cries | N |
| I climbed putting on the clogs of the prince | O |
| Skyward on a ladder of clouds | P |
| And half way up from the sky wall I saw the morning sun | E |
| And heard the heaven's cock crowing in the mid air | Q |
| Now among a thousand precipices my way wound round and round | R |
| Flowers choked the path I leaned against a rock I swooned | S |
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| Roaring bears and howling dragons roused me | T |
| Oh the clamorous waters of the rapids | U |
| I trembled in the deep forest and shuddered at the overhanging crags | U |
| one heaped upon another | V |
| Clouds on clouds gathered above threatening rain | W |
| The waters gushed below breaking into mist | X |
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| A peal of blasting thunder | V |
| The mountains crumbled | Y |
| The stone gate of the hollow heaven | E |
| Opened wide revealing | Z |
| A vasty realm of azure without bottom | A2 |
| Sun and moon shining together on gold and silver palaces | U |
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| Clad in rainbow and riding on the wind | B2 |
| The ladies of the air descended like flower flakes | U |
| The faery lords trooping in they were thick as hemp stalks in the fields | U |
| Phoenix birds circled their cars and panthers played upon harps | U |
| Bewilderment filled me and terror seized on my heart | C2 |
| I lifted myself in amazement and alas | U |
| I woke and found my bed and pillow | D2 |
| Gone was the radiant world of gossamer | V |
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| So with all pleasures of life | E2 |
| All things pass with the east flowing water | V |
| I leave you and go when shall I return | F2 |
| Let the white roe feed at will among the green crags | U |
| Let me ride and visit the lovely mountains | U |
| How can I stoop obsequiously and serve the mighty ones | U |
| It stifles my soul | G2 |
Li Po
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