Li-Young Lee

Li-Young Lee was first born at Indonesia in 1957 (“For a New Citizen of These United States” 55). His parents were highly educated and influential to their chinese country (“For a New Citizen of These United States” 55) Although, it was not long until his father was imprisoned after Li-Young’s birth (“For a New Citizen of These United States” 55). Considering that lee's father had persecuted China's population and was strongly known due to being the very own personal physicist for his country (“Early

The Gift by Li-Young Lee is a moving study of the lasting impact of memories and the deep connections they create between individuals. Through the lens of a poignant childhood memory of her father, Lee forces readers to consider the meaning and lasting impact of seemingly insignificant moments on a person. The title of this poem refers not only to the physical fragment that his father gave him, but also to the memory itself, making the experience of the poem an extension of the gift Lee was given.In

and the message they are trying to convey. For instance, the poem “Persimmons" by Li-young Lee supplies us with significant figurative language, which assists in delivering her sadness in the troubles caused by cultural differences and language barriers. To begin, alliteration is a way a poet can emphasize a section of a poem, aiding the reader in their understanding of the rendered emotions. In the first stanza, Lee shares, “Slapped in the back of the head for not knowing the difference between precision

Li-Young Lee, in “I Ask My Mother to Sing,” uses allusion and symbolism to honor the mother and grandmother for maintaining a close relationship through adversity. Near the beginning of the poem, the speaker is describing places from his homeland he has never been to, commenting, “I’ve never been in Peking, or the Summer Palace, nor stood on the great Stone Boat to watch the rain begin on Kuen Ming Lake, the picnickers running away in the grass,” (Lee 936). Using allusion, the speaker is able to

Poems include Persimmons by Li-Young Lee, After Apple-Picking by Robert Frost, Seamus Heaney’s Blackberry-Picking, Wallace Stevens’s The Emperor of Ice-Cream, Ode to Tomatoes by Pablo Neruda, Blackberrying by Sylvia Plath, The Pumpkin by John Greenleaf Whittier and Fame is a fickle food by Emily Dickinson. Persimmons by Li-Young Lee The poem Persimmons by Li-Young Lee explores how a persimmon comes to symbolize both his family connections and his feelings of alienation from his peers. It first appeared

Daily Love Unfolds in Everything and All Beings Love is universal. It is through the lenses of love that we create a life full of existence and aliveness. In “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee the speaker reflects back on a specific incident where the speaker’s father helped him remove a splinter from his hand that was causing him all sorts of painful forces. The speaker travels back in time to a childhood scene where he experiences the tenderness and caring from his father’s palm that has a lasting impression

The poem “Braiding” by Li-Young Lee appeals to me in multiple different ways. After reading the poem I realized how the title produces a duel meaning. Even though the poem is about a mother taking precious time braiding her daughter’s hair, she also talks about the interconnections of the relationships people have with one another. The author explains “My father did this for my mother, just as I do for you” (Li-Young Lee lines 4-6) showing proof of the intertwining of separate generations as time

Li-Young Lee is a poet who has written numerous amounts of work. He is a writer of Chinese heritage, but he does not classify himself as an Asian American poet. According to an article titled, “Li-Young Lee,” Li-Young Lee refuses to classify himself as an Asian American writer because he strives to be a “global poet.” This statement demonstrates that Li-Young Lee uses poetry as a means of addressing universal concerns. He writes about experiences or lessons that are personal to him; however, these

role played by fathers in building the character of children and in the development of the nation.” The article goes on to say it has become tradition to honor other men in a person's life who act like “fatherly figures” as well. “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee, “Sins of the Father” by W.D. Ehrhart, and Interstellar by Christopher Nolan each describe a father and child relationship which illustrates the impact their love for each other has on their lives. Having a bit of background on the author of “the

Li-Young Lee’s delightful and evocative poem shows us the difference between being poetic and being pedantic. For Lee, a Chinese-American who grew up bilingual, the main purpose of language was to evoke and describe feelings and the deeper meanings of things. For his miserable sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Walker, the only measure of language was whether her students used it correctly, precisely. Mrs. Walker was not concerned about the beauty of precision (as in mathematics), or the deliciousness of