Alone, Looking For Blossoms Along The River Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNAO PQQR QSTQ UQVB| The sorrow of riverside blossoms inexplicable | A |
| And nowhere to complain I've gone half crazy | B |
| I look up our southern neighbor But my friend in wine | C |
| Gone ten days drinking I find only an empty bed | D |
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| A thick frenzy of blossoms shrouding the riverside | E |
| I stroll listing dangerously in full fear of spring | F |
| Poems wine even this profusely driven I endure | G |
| Arrangements for this old white haired man can wait | H |
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| A deep river two or three houses in bamboo quiet | I |
| And such goings on red blossoms glaring with white | J |
| Among spring's vociferous glories I too have my place | K |
| With a lovely wine bidding life's affairs bon voyage | L |
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| Looking east to Shao its smoke filled with blossoms | M |
| I admire that stately Po hua wineshop even more | N |
| To empty golden wine cups calling such beautiful | A |
| Dancing girls to embroidered mats who could bear it | O |
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| East of the river before Abbot Huang's grave | P |
| Spring is a frail splendor among gentle breezes | Q |
| In this crush of peach blossoms opening ownerless | Q |
| Shall I treasure light reds or treasure them dark | R |
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| At Madame Huang's house blossoms fill the paths | Q |
| Thousands tens of thousands haul the branches down | S |
| And butterflies linger playfully an unbroken | T |
| Dance floating to songs orioles sing at their ease | Q |
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| I don't so love blossoms I want to die I'm afraid | U |
| Once they are gone of old age still more impetuous | Q |
| And they scatter gladly by the branchful Let's talk | V |
| Things over little buds open delicately sparingly | B |
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