To His Two Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPFDQR SCFF| In the land of Wu the mulberry leaves are green | A |
| And thrice the silkworms have gone to sleep | B |
| In East Luh where my family stay | C |
| I wonder who is sowing those fields of ours | D |
| I cannot be back in time for the spring doings | E |
| Yet I can help nothing traveling on the river | F |
| The south wind blowing wafts my homesick spirit | G |
| And carries it up to the front of our familiar tavern | H |
| There I see a peach tree on the east side of the house | I |
| With thick leaves and branches waving in the blue mist | J |
| It is the tree I planted before my parting three years ago | K |
| The peach tree has grown now as tall as the tavern roof | L |
| While I have wandered about without returning | M |
| Ping yang my pretty daughter I see you stand | N |
| By the peach tree and pluck a flowering branch | O |
| You pluck the flowers but I am not there | P |
| How your tears flow like a stream of water | F |
| My little son Po chin grown up to your sister's shoulders | D |
| You come out with her under the peach tree | Q |
| But who is there to pat you on the back | R |
| When I think of these things my senses fail | S |
| And a sharp pain cuts my heart every day | C |
| Now I tear off a piece of white silk to write this letter | F |
| And send it to you with my love a long way up the river | F |
Li Po
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