Extreme Orient Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGAHACICBJACCAK LCCMNCOPQRSTSCANCCUA CCAAVUWBCNCBCACUBBCX SCBUNCACCNCYSSVZA2SV B2CC2SD2CCSE2CABCDSS CAHA

A barge adrift the Perfumed RiverA
reclining beneath a parasolB
is the courtesan Tigress waving her fanC
barge floats past village and pagodaD
houses and huts midst bodhi treeE
coconut palm flame flowersF
bamboo forest and flat greenG
leaves float in the green riverA
tangle roots and mangroveH
In the morning she bathed in the riverA
Her black lacquer fanC
a butterfly's deep blue wingsI
unfold a painting of a courtesanC
poised beneath her parasolB
keeping the rain offJ
a barge adrift the Perfumed RiverA
The woman of the painting on the fanC
fanning herself reposing on her divanC
rocked by the river's rice green waterA
The farmers move water in the fieldsK
harvest love songsL
to give the famous courtesanC
who sees them with affectionC
now she has her letters to attendM
the afternoon for reading and to practise EnglishN
The rice rivers rock gently her divanC
Below deck is red silk and velvet bedO
a glass case shelving bottles of shampooP
from every country freshly folded towelsQ
calendars signed by football starsR
grace the chamber's wallsS
and glowing with river's loveT
her very odalisquenessS
she can sing the radio love tuneC
like a goddess as strong as any warriorA
lay serenely the river's quiet raindrop plashN
the same scene painted on her black lacquer fanC
as the fan she is painted onC
a courtesan beneath parasol reclining on a bargeU
rocked by the gentle riverA
She sees pirates from the oceanC
come up the river in the eyes of business menC
they sing from the banks of the Perfumed RiverA
she is the one the tigers regard and carp swim afterA
her fan unfolds a silvery paintingV
of a lady with a fan who from her bargeU
watches farmers work the landW
It is hot and they toilB
all morning buffalo with moonC
horns take a bath in mud sheN
watches them from her divanC
the farmers and the buffaloB
she lets fall her fanC
and painted on it is the pictureA
a woman holding a fanC
seated pleasingly on a bargeU
the rain falling harder on her parasolB
and the river starting to flowB
attending her letters she will read in the afternoonC
and watch on the land the eternity farmers dreamX
her fan like a butterfly spreads its wingsS
to reveal a courtesan who lets fall her fanC
it keeps going fan after fan a deep blue butterflyB
unfolding the painted scene on the river a bargeU
where shaded by a parasol is the ladyN
watching the same lovelorn menC
harvest rice songs the fan opens anotherA
and another fans within fans until the fanC
where in the picture above the courtesanC
and the painted sceneryN
right up in the sky an old spirit manC
rides the clouds in a bathtubY
and plays a harp sparking thunderboltsS
a mischievous being powerful in the handsS
of a courtesan twangs the lightningV
as he steps cloud to cloudZ
painted on the next fan upA2
all the way up up through black lacquered fansS
one after another openingV
fans growing as they approach the worldB2
of the lady on her barge on the gently rocked divanC
When he meets her the sky blacks outC2
he is a cruel storm Pray MercyS
bless us with goddess tears on the PerfumedD2
River hold back your blessed typhoonC
The courtesan snaps shut her fanC
swarms of deep blue butterflies and black mothsS
are drawn to her lightE2
the river waves rock gently her divanC
A barge adrift the Perfumed RiverA
reclining beneath a parasolB
is the courtesan Tigress and her fanC
barge floats by village and pagodaD
houses and huts saluted by bodhi treeS
coconut palm flame flowersS
bamboo forest and flat greenC
leaves float in the green riverA
tangle roots and mangroveH
In the morning she bathed in the riverA

S. K. Kelen



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