Lu Mountain, Kiangsi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOP QRSTUV| I climbed west on Incense Cloud Peak | A |
| South I saw the spray filled falls | B |
| Dropping for ten thousand feet | C |
| Sounding in a hundred gorges | D |
| Suddenly as if lightning shone | E |
| Strange as if light wet rainbows lifted | F |
| I thought the Milky Way had shattered | G |
| Scattering stars through the clouds downwards | H |
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| Looking up an even greater force | I |
| Nature s powers are so intense | J |
| The Cosmic Wind blows there without stop | K |
| The river s moon echoes back the light | L |
| Into vortices where waters rush | M |
| On both sides the clear walls were washed | N |
| By streams of pearl broken into mist | O |
| By clouds of foam whitening over rock | P |
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| Let me reach those Sublime Hills | Q |
| Where peace comes to the quiet heart | R |
| No more need to find the magic cup | S |
| I ll wash the dust there from my face | T |
| And live in those regions that I love | U |
| Separated from the Human World | V |
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