Journal ofNational Taiwan Normal University: Humanities & Social Sciences
2008,53(1), 1-27
A Study of the
Rh
yme and Chinese
Character Use in Lu Han- Xiu's Taiwanese
Poem
Chunl-thinnl-E5-Huel-Lui2
Hsiang Wei Lin
Department of Chinωe， National Taiwan Nonnal University
Abstract
This artic1e explores the rhyme and Chinese Character Use in Lu Han-X凹 's Taiwanese Poem Chunl-thinnl-E5-Huel-Lui2. As for the rhyme, 1 first looked at Lu's inductive rhyme patterns in terms of the standard scheme of possible metric-foot patterns. Next, 1 compared Lu's poems with Taiwanese folklore literature in terms of
“
loose" and“
strict" rhyming, changing rhyme frequency, and categories of metric-foot patterns. Then 1 compared the standard metric foot pattern with Lu's special type of alternating rhymes. As for character use, 1 focused on different pronunciations of the same concept or similar concept to understand Lu's opinion of Chinese characters. 1 then collected the Taiwanese characters used in Lu's poems and analyzed his choices of Taiwanese character patterns. Finally, from the standpoint of the poet's character-sound system, 1 elucidated his character system.Keywords: rhyming, character use, character-sound system, Taiwanese poetry,
