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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM CHINA, by AMY LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I thought: / the moon
Subject(s): China
First Line: I thought: / the moon
Subject(s): China
I THOUGHT:
The moon,
Shining upon the many steps of the palace before me,
Shines also upon the chequered rice-fields
Of my native land.
And my tears fell
Like white rice grains
At my feet.
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