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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE REJECTED WIFE, by YUAN-TI
First Line: Entering the hall, she meets the new wife
Last Line: That her present pain will never come to an end.
Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love - Loss Of
First Line: Entering the hall, she meets the new wife
Last Line: That her present pain will never come to an end.
Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love - Loss Of
ENTERING the Hall, she meets the new wife:
Leaving the gate, she runs into her former husband.
Words stick: she does not manage to say anything:
She presses her hands together and hesitates.
Agitates moon-like fan -- sheds pearl-like tears --
Realizes she loves him just as much as ever:
That her present pain will never come to an end.
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