Elegy To The Old Man Hokuju Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DE FG HI JKL CM ABC NOP OP| You left in the morning at evening my heart is in a | A |
| thousand pieces | B |
| Why is it so far away | C |
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| Thinking of you I go up on the hill and wander | D |
| Around the hill why is it such a sadness | E |
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| Dandelions yellow and shepherds purse blooming white | F |
| not anyone to look at them | G |
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| I hear a pheasant calling and calling fervently | H |
| Once a friend was there across the river living | I |
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| Ghostly smoke rises and fades away with a west wind | J |
| strong in fields of small bamboo grasses and reedy fields | K |
| Nowhere to leave for | L |
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| Once a friend was there across the river living but today | C |
| not even a bird sings a song | M |
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| You left in the morning at evening my heart is in a | A |
| thousand pieces | B |
| Why is it so far away | C |
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| In my grass hut by the Amida image I light no candle | N |
| offer no flowers and only sit here alone | O |
| This evening how invaluable it is | P |
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| Priest Buson | O |
| with a thousand bowings | P |
Yosa Buson
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