Chinese poetry

that I chose to evaluate is a Chinese poem. The URL is : http://www.chinese-poems.com/li3.html B) The (Chinese) poem I chose is titled Untitled, Her Promises to Come Were Empty Words by Li Shangyin. This poem was written in the 9th century, around the time frame of the Poet’s life, from 813 C.E. to 858 C.E. Li Shangyin was born in China, at a time when the Tang Dynasty was quickly declining. Shangyin worked as a government official most of his life, yet created poetry at the same time. He was remembered

Classic of Poetry is a collection of old Chinese literature that has been rewritten and renamed into the Book of Songs/Odes. (“Norton Anthology of World Literature” 812) This collection of poems seemed to become popular around the beginning of Confucianism. Confucianism is the concept of centering one’s life or work on authority figures, family, and friends. The expression of Confucianism is best seen in the work of Tu Fu. Confucianism is wide spread throughout the Classic of Poetry. Confucianism

age for literacy, poetry, and the civil service examination, Du Fu flourished as a poet. Although he was a civil servant for a great part of his life, it was not until the An Lushan Rebellion, which began in 755, that Du Fu’s career as a poet really began. Because the aesthetic behind his poetry was history and morality, Du Fu used the war and all bad that was around him to become a great poet and influence many people. Du Fu became one of China’s greatest poets because his poetry gave insight of history

through his poetry. He was born in Chengdu, Sichuan on August 4, 1958(Friedenspreis Des Deutschen). Both parents initially were raising him, but once his father was claimed to be a counter revolutionist, his mother and father divorced to protect him and his siblings (Friedenspreis Des Deutschen). After the divorce, Liao Yiwu was living in poverty and was struggling to survive. He began writing poetry once he entered adulthood and once he was recognized as poet, began publishing in Chinese literary

The Man’yōshū and the Kokinshū are perhaps among the most revered and earliest collections of Japanese poetry. The Man’yōshū, meaning “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves (or Generations),” is believed to be compiled by the poet Ōtomo no Yakamochi sometime after AD 759 during the Nara Period. It contains over 4,000 poems, mostly tanka, that date before the end of the eighth century, and the writings are somewhat divided chronologically into four periods. Almost two centuries later, the Kokin waka shū

“The Gift” vs. “I ask my mother to sing” “Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own.” Salvatore Quasimodo, (Flavorwire.com). Many can resonate with this quote because poetry can even be appealing to a new reader; it allows them experience life in ways they’ve never before. In other words poetry really allows someone to maintain an experience so someone else can later access it as their own: it’s basically a way

Plato, a well-known Greek philosopher, once said, “Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history”. The “vital truth” is exactly what poets Muriel Rukeyser and Luisa Igloria both intend to show through their poetries, “Ballad of Orange and Grape” and “Dis-Orient”. However, though the two fulfill their intentions with poetries, they employ separate techniques. Rukeyser, (1913-1980), was an American poet and political activist. Her poetry was most often regarding topics such as social justice, feminism

America continues to recover from the effects of the Civil War. The Reconstruction Era is in full swing and segregation is at a new high point. The Chinese were being discriminated throughout California throughout the 1870s. In 1882, due to the high rate of Chinese immigrants, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress. This act meant that no Chinese immigrant could enter the United States for a period of ten years. At the beginning of the new century, the first World War began. As a result of

Imagery in “Early in the Morning” by Li-Young Lee Li-Young Lee was born in Indonesia to Chinese parents, who fled communist China as political exiles. The family eventually relocated to the United States, where Lee began to formally write poetry. Lee often draws from personal memories and uses narrative in his poems, frequently touching on themes of family, childhood, and memory, intertwined with Chinese culture. (Poetry Foundation) Peggy Kaganoff, a Publishers Weekly reviewer, describes Lee’s imagery

The Tang (618-906) and Song (960-1279) dynasties were the golden ages of Chinese classical literature in general, and poetry in particular. Poets of these periods, including Li Bo, Du Fu, and Su Shi, are well known throughout East Asia and are still regarded as revered models for later generations of poets. However, Tang and Song poets clearly had different literary orientations, reflecting differences between Tang and Song societies. During the Tang period, China was open to the outside world and