Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils poem

[jayjenxi]

The titles of the chapters in each of the five books of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils form a poem. The five poems make up the five Acts in the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils poem.

I have made a crude attempt to translate the poem. It's my first time translating a poem so please forgive the clumsiness.

http://wuxiasociety.com/jin-yong/dem...i-devils-poem/

[Ren Wo Xing]

Good work on the translation, but out of curiosity, what makes you think it's meant to be a poem? It doesn't rhyme at all in Chinese, and doesn't conform to any of the Chinese poetic patterns that I'm aware of either.

[jayjenxi]

Good work on the translation, but out of curiosity, what makes you think it's meant to be a poem? It doesn't rhyme at all in Chinese, and doesn't conform to any of the Chinese poetic patterns that I'm aware of either.

The titles of the books indicate the tone pattern.

I forgot to mention that further analysis is available. I shall list them here:

Book One - 《少年游》Adventures of the Youth
Book Two - 《苏幕遮》Shrouding Screen in Suzhou
Book Three - 《破阵子》Breaching the Formation
Book Four - 《洞仙歌》Song of the Cave Immortal
Book Five - 《水龙吟》Cry of the Water Dragon

[InsightSoul]

Interesting