Comparing Which Plant Is Not Faded 'And' Where Have All The Flowers Gone

The principal themes in Usher are terror and madness. These, the text suggests, arise from the maelstrom of forces that form human destiny. Events result not simply from individual circumstances, but from a collision of circumstances. For Usher, this refers to family history, and the decaying vegetation surrounding the house telegraphs the descent of the Usher family into madness through its symbolic value. On the other hand, the principal theme in When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d is Whitman’s realisation of abstract immortality through the emotional trials of personal loss. The poem therefore acts as a symbolic portrayal of Whitman’s grief and his acceptance of the essential truths of both life and death. Within this context, lilacs and other forms of vegetation act as symbols of the permanence of life within the collective mind of the public. This in turn advances the argument that death is not a fundamentally material phenomenon, which advances the principal message behind the

There are many poems in The Book of Songs. However, the poems “I Beg of You Chung Tzu” and “Thick Grow the Rush Leaves” focus more on love and courtship. This is different from traditional Chinese poetry which focuses on daily life. In this essay, I will compare and contrast the figurative language and elements of Chinese poetry in “I Beg of You Chung Tzu” and “Thick Grow the Rush Leaves.”

In the poem, he looks at the plight of various people such as Old Joe and concludes, “The naked man and woman are just a shining artifact of the past” (41). He considers the actions of humanity inconsequential in the end. They do not amount to a positive influence. He believes the war wastage because, in the end, the “good guys lost” (4). Consequently, because he does not believe in fairness, he argues that the results, which the society receives, are a function of the fixed fight. In his view, whether it is the father or the dog that passes away, it does not matter because “that’s how it goes” (7) The meaninglessness and fruitlessness outlook depicts his views on the apathy and indifference of humanity. It describes the life of people in the eye of destiny and fate, which is beyond their realms of control. In other words, because it does not count to care or live happily, the future is not important. After all, whether people amass material wealth or live in depression, they will all have the same horrific fate. Therefore, his apocalyptic outlook is dependent on the belief that “everybody knows that the plague is coming”

The first stanza tells that the poet was wandering alone to a place whereby yellow daffodils flies over the hills and valleys with the wind flow. These daffodils grew under the trees and were close to the lake. The breeze made these daffodils easily fluttering like they were happily dancing. While in the second stanza, the poet saw these flowers shining and twinkling brightly like stars in the Milky Way. They spread over a large area along the bay margin with a huge quantity. Moreover, in the third stanza, the poet tells that both of lake and daffodils were also dancing. He shows that the daffodils looked beautiful rather than the sparkling of the lake because the daffodils have more glee. Here he shows the loneliness gradually turning into happiness because of his companions (lake and daffodils) but he could not understand what he gained from his experience. For final stanza, it tells that whenever the poet felt loneliness, he could remember the happiness when he saw the dancing daffodils. In addition, we can take a look at the use of past tense along the poem which tells about the poet’s experience and the use of present tense is used only in the last stanza since the important message of this poem is about the reflection of the poet’s

Famous Chinese Poet, Tu Fu advocates appreciating the loveliness one could be surrounded by while it exists because he believes beauty may not earn its deserved value. The poet was born into a life of wealth and familial connections until his life was changed by a rebellion in 755. When the T’ang dynasty’s days of glory came to an end, the artist spent his days on the road. Towards the end of his life, Tu Fu was in poor health and suffering from many hardships. Tu Fu’s poems reflected his life; he did not appreciate the luscious life he had until it was gone, and Tu Fu’s work was not appreciated until he passed away (Elements of Literature 873). Tu Fu’s “Jade Flower Palace” utilizes figurative language and sound devices to portray his negative feelings of uncertainty about the future.

The process of making philosophical reflection in Song poems, generally, is how the poets detach themselves from public affairs, and complete the self-realization through everyday experience. By doing so, the intrinsic beauty and wisdom within everyday life will be reflected in poetry. Using Su Shi’s two poems as samples, I will interpret this basic process as the circulation between Daoism and Confucianism. And the transcendence will be marked as the end of this process of circulation, where the syncretism of Daoism and Confucianism is finalized, with Daoism acts as the extension of Confucianism, and bigger ideas are realized instead of secular experience.

In the poem, on line five, he expressed that there were no millers any more. Which showed that the job, a miller, was slowly beginning to become less and less common because there was no need for them anymore, which was shown in stanza two, lines three and four. The style of this poem was a narrative. The subject of this poem was loss because in many line of this poem it expressed that, in stanza two line four, “there was a mealy fragrance of the past,” which means that there hadn’t been anyone up where the millers would stay for work in quiet a long time. Another example would be, in that same stanza line seven, “and what was hanging from a beam,” that these words would indicate that someone or something had passed. Finally, in the last stanza, lines two through eight; “she may have reasoned in the dark, that one way of the few there were, would hide her and would leave no mark: black water, smooth above the weir/like starry velvet in the night/though ruffled once, would soon appear/the same as ever to the sight.” These were that lines that indicated that she had also passed because of the loss of her husband. She felt that there was no way she could live without him and logically she couldn’t because he was the one providing for the family. I feel that the poet made this

First, I will introduce the poem “Returning to dwell in gardens and fieldsⅠ”. The first sentence “My youth felt no comfort in common things, by my nature I clung to the mountains and hills” opens the gate with recounting the past, claiming that he has disgusted the secular officialdom and loved the almighty nature since he was young. Therefore, this sentence reflects the poet would not get in cahoots with the secular noble. The second sentence “I erred and fell in the snares of dust and was away thirteen years in all” implies that the poet regretted about the past and deeply introspected his career. Thirty years represents a very long time and by saying this, the sentence reflects that is too late to regret. The third sentence “The caged bird yearns for its former woods, fish in a pool yearns for long ago deeps” uses metaphor to make a vivid image to readers. Fish in the pool and birds in the cage are all yearning for freedom, like the poet yearns for Mother Nature instead of officialdom. What he wants is just freedom, as we all

China is considered to be the first modern state in the world and has existed for thousands of years. Throughout the millennia, this civilisation and its people have continued to develop the cultural practices such as sacred teachings, which consequently has influenced their art style. Therefore, in this essay I will explore and compared themes such as Confucianism, Taoism and even their written word and how those have influences art in China through the ages.

This paper will discuss the two ways of translating poems and show the Aesthetic differences between Chinese and Western Poetry.

Nature is a prominent aspect of traditional Chinese poetry, but most early poems contained a limited use of natural imagery. Early poets used elements of nature to establish the setting or represent human concerns. Scenes of nature served as affective imagery utilized to make comparisons with human rituals, relationships, and emotions. The parallels with the natural description are meant to bring an greater awareness of the human condition. In the early medieval period, however, distinct genres of poetry in which nature is the focal point emerges. Tao Qian and Xie Lingyun are two poets who play significant roles in this development. Tao Qian, a field and gardens poet, focuses on domestic nature, particularly backyards, gardens, and the countryside. Xie Lingyun, a landscape poet, fixates on creating a panoramic view of beautiful scenery. Their descriptions of nature incorporate dimensions that idealizes it because it acts as a source for them to extract values from and search for enlightenment with. Tao Qian identifies a simple life of seclusion in the countryside as the threshold of peace and happiness. Xie Lingyun not only finds beauty in his landscape, but also a source of spiritual fulfillment. However, with such utopian expectations, the poets experience disappointment. This is apparent in their expression of dissatisfaction with feelings of fear of death and loneliness.

The usage of words in Eliot’s poem, like ‘trampled edges’ ‘damp souls’ ‘brown waves’ ‘tear’ ‘muddy skirts’ ‘aimless’, are description of countries and people after wars. In the same way, the style of this poem; no rhyme, no meter, no punctuation, shows people situation during and in between the War World one and the World War two. They are dispersed, nothing as how it used to be. It shows a picture of poor people and that is the theme. One of the most influential results of wars on society is the creation of a marginalized people and racism. There are servants who work for upper-classed people “the damp souls of housemaids” not one or two housemaid but many. In Spicer’s poem, the wars results, also, pointed out by the use of words, style and theme. The words in the poem describe wars; ‘humiliating’ ‘disguises ‘tougher’ ‘white and aimless signals’ ‘no one listen’ all of those words are description of people conditions while wars are spreading. For example, the ‘white and aimless signals’ (L11) refers to the white flag which associates with surrendering. This poem was written during the Civil War, so in line nine, ‘pepper and salts’ may refer to race black and white. The African-American people were fighting to get their rights. The last word in the same line the poet mentions ‘the death’ and the sentence is continued in the next line ‘that young men hope for’ (10), this means that the Afro-American are fighting to get their rights even if this way may take their life from them, they will fight till the end. The style of the poem is very confused; there are lines with a word or two as if it takes time to complete these sentences as in wars there is nothing obvious and complete before the end of it. The poet critics the industry world and how it destroy the environment and people’s minds, and these are parts of the

This shows that Bai Dao was in a dark mood outside after the death of the multitude. This means that there’s a community meaning in their after death. In this collection of poems, Bei Dao negates the old by refractioning and merging the belief of the younger people by looking at their outright uprising against repulsiveness, lies and their single minded desires toward truth, perfection and beauty.

Where did Seeger’s song come from? Are the words even his or did he read them in a book a long time ago? Did he steal the melody? It might be from a railroad song. Many questions surround this song as the research will show.

The time Du Fu was in Kui-zhou was poetically his most productive time. Ballad of an Old Cypress is Du Fu’s famous poetic treatment of an old metaphor of timber as talent or capacity. It was written in his old age when he repeatedly tried to realize his dream of serving a noble ruler in order to build a just and harmonious society, but then he failed. This poem addresses scholars who have “grand aims” as well as men who “live hidden away.” It explores the issue of how to cope with the ironic situation that great talents often lack the opportunity to meet rulers eager for their services. The advice it offers to its readers is that they should accept the irony without a “sigh.” Ballad of an Old Cypress is divided into three eight-line sections.