Tz'u No. 5
Li Ching Chao 1804 (Jinan, Shandong) – 1155 (Shaoxing, Zhejiang)
To the tune of "Like a Dream"
I always remember the sunset
over the pavilion by the river,
so tipsy we could not find our way home.
Our interest exhausted, the evening late,
we tried to turn the boat homeward.
By mistake, we entered deep within the lotus bed.
Row! Row the boat!
A flock of herons, frightened,
suddenly flew skyward.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | X XXX XAX X XA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 338 |
Words | 63 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 3, 1, 2 |
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