"The usual Chinese poem is four lines," he explained. "The first line contains the initial phase, the second line, the continuation of that phase. The third line turns from this subject and begins a new one, and the fourth line brings the first three lines together. A popular Japanese song illustrates this."
Two daughters of a silk merchant live in Kyoto.The elder is twenty, the younger, eighteen.A soldier may kill with his sword,But these girls slay men with their eyes.