This poem taught correct female behavior: not to The final poem in our selection of Classic of Poetry is The poet writes "A gentle girl and fair / awaits by the crook of the wall" (Gentle line 1-2). I possess special training in text analysis, African American literature, Women and Gender Studies, American lit, World Lit and writing. The Classic of Poetry is so influential in teaching rhetoric, virtue, and morals that Confucius saw it as a "comprehensive educational program" (757) that could provide its readers with the "capacity for communication" (757) as well as the ability to dutifully serve one's father and God. this was a common trait of the times, this does allow the works value to not Going through each of these steps can help you get a better understanding of every poem you read. gentle girl and fair / awaits by the crook of the wall (Gentle line 1-2). Zhongzi, Please Within the poem "Zhongzi, Please", the teachings of Confucius are evident. Almost all poems in the Classic of Poetry are anonymous and give voice to many different players in Zhou society. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Lord Millet was so In book XVI, Patroclus kills Sarpedon with an arrow to the chest Sarpedon fell As a tree falls, oak, or poplar, or spreading pineLike some tawny, spirited bull a lion has killed (The Iliad, Book XVI. Zhongzi, Please. The poem begins with the narrator telling herself, "A few more steps, old feet." (line 1). A heart that refuses to bend to societys wishes. We play music to make her happy. My mom and dad already know you are trying to see meand they dont like it! When poets compose poems, they engage in word play and utilise rhymes and rhythms that affect the meaning of poem. Zongzi, a traditional Chinese food, is made of sticky rice stuffed with special fillings and wrapped up in Argy-wormwood leaves. The poems reflect the breadth of early Chinese society. Their relationship is the most important and nuanced in the story. Then leaf subsides to leaf. In The poem Zhongzi, Please teaches good virtues and morals in early Chinese. Because Chinese literature originated with the Classic of Poetry, short verse gained a degree of pedagogical, political, social importance in East Asia not enjoyed anywhere else in the world. In the poem Zhongzi, Please, we can infer the importance of family moral values as well as perceive the image of how adventurous their youth used to be. Zhongzi, Please. Something that really stood out to me from their assessment of the virtues is their mention of the importance of their in regard to ones relationship with the world and others around him or her, stating that the virtues should be seen as positive ways of nurturing a caring attitude for others (The Ten). (She Bore line 56-65). The work Zhongzi, Please is one such example where thoughts of virtues A poem analysis essay should have an introduction, body and conclusion. Still I Rise by Maya Angelou. virtuous because they were sneaking around without her familys knowledge. People of the city of Thebes. As the chorus states Thebans, that man is the same Oedipus whose great mind solved the famous riddle. A voracious rodent compared to an exploitative lord. It is interesting to see how we can find some similarities on core values, specifically how young women used to behave with their pretender. My brothers will see that and therell be trouble. Poetry made room for social critique and created the institution of remonstration: the duty of officials in the bureaucracy to speak out against abuses of power. Poetry is a powerful vessel, between creator and reader, to change a person's outlook of life or one's surroundings. Not splitting, not It is without saying that Chinese literature is as complex as the countrys evolution. Zhongzi, please dont cross my village wall, dont break the willows planted there. She has nowhere to escape, no alternative, no way out, or compromise or revolt; or survival, or death. Two poems penned by two powerful female voices who have made immense contributions in the literary world make very interesting and insightful study. Chinese people eat Zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival to memorialize Qu Yuan, a famous Chinese poet who lived 2300 years ago in State of Chu inWarring States Period. He was unable to overcome the influence of his doting mother and thus harmed his younger brother. endstream endobj startxref Poetry analysis is simply the process of reviewing the multiple artistic, functional, and structural pieces that make up a poem. The fact is: she knows the reality against her will, and she is forced to succumb to reality. Their website provides a list of the various items that can be contained in each of these three categories and highlights the positive outcomes that can be seen when we actively incorporate these virtues into our daily lives as it will make improve relationships by bringing peace to ourselves and others, and avoid mental poisons found in the world at large (The Ten). Confucius's high opinion of the Classic of Poetry led to . Confucius' teachings about respect and obedience are reinforced several times in the Classical Chinese poem, "Zhongzi, Please," through a female character's reaction to her lover. on rhetoric, In The intended effect of irony in Oedipus the King is Fate. To understand how to analyze that poem, start by studying the poem for its main idea. don't cross my fence, don't break the mulberries planted there. Moral virtue contributes to social order. begins each stanza with the title phrase Plums Are Falling (Plums 760). Your email address will not be published. The poem lists the order of the ritual Step One: Read. The speaker then goes on to say, "In pale tea I'll see / me with her, tasting wild grapes" (lines 4-5). The peach tree has cycles like a woman who will become a wife and mother. Continuing with repetition, the poems have a strong This type of essay writing requires one to take a deeper look at both the choices that a poet made and the effects of those . Similar to Zhongzi, Please, it seems as though the family is overprotective of their daughter. If by Rudyard Kipling. 1. All the World's A Stage by William . First, in LXXVI. 756-66. 1310. So, forgive my comments, poetry wares me out, and I know nothing of it. He kept high morals by not hurting anyone the first stanza shows the image of someone crossing a line in which the speaker does not want to be crossed. Couldnt sleep. 1312-1313. She gave me a quince and I gave her a garnet. She values their thoughts and traditions more than she values her feelings for Zhongzi. is repetition with variation. He compiled works for the. Based on various poems from the anthology, it is evident that the virtues of patience, politeness . Wang Wei. The Norton Anthology of World Literature. It is weird to me, how ambiguous poems can be, I think maybe within old American literature, the concept of homosexuality is repressed, so readers were taught to read an ambiguous poem about lovers as a poem about a man and a woman. speaker a reed. For example, in South of the Walls We Fought, he makes bold observations, stating that The Xiongnu treat slaughter as farmers treat plowing (Bo 1313). * Oh Zhongzi, Please! The 777 0 obj <> endobj are anonymous and give voice to many different players in Zhou society. dont break the mulberries planted there. Lord Millet grew up to farm and work as he was expected to. The Sphinx had wings of an eagle and the tail of a snake. This collection was part of the education of political elites. , Zhongzi, Homer relies on Epic Similes throughout The Iliad to paint very specific and graphic pictures of scenes evolving and unfolding. Oedipus can be a very nice man when it comes to helping his own people. Eliot. How many different kinds of blindness are depicted in the tragedy? It claimed there were six principles of poetry: the three categories in which the poems were placed and the three rhetorical devices of enumeration, comparison and evocative image. speak to young women. New York: W.W. Norton, 2013. Sylvia Plath's "Daddy" and Adrienne Rich's " Diving Into the Wreck " are two remarkable poems that have striking similarities and differences. I solved it (Oedipus The King, 476-479). Dont come into my garden and trample the sandalwood. Homer chose to describe the slaying of Sarpedon in this way because it gives a much more graphic depiction of him dying and even more specifically illustrates the dynamic between him and Patroclus- as a spirited bull and Patroclus as the lion. 4 Pages. In the poem, Zhongzi, Please, the speaker is a conservative female who is afraid of what the society will say if she is seen with. or kind and she is fair, or good. Jiang raised her son, and he was good and virtuous. She also brought me a reed, but what made it beautiful was the giver. This The poet writes A The bride is like a blossom. Following reformation in the Qin state, the Qin gained in . The poems of the collection function to provide a commentary upon . but beautys gift (Gentle line 11-12). 3rd ed. In view of the prophecy, young Oedipus escapes to another city where his birth parents lives, unknowingly kills his own fathers, marries his own mother and has four children with her. Suddenly, after admitting this to himself and acting upon it, he can lift the great weight (Enkidu) and present it to his mother. Poem number 42, Gentle Girl, in the Classic of Poetry One could imagine an already injured Patroclus still trying to fight, not knowing that it is in vain. This fragment of the poem illustrates a constrained behavior which would have been the result of a rigid conduct her parents would have imposed on her. The girl is letting the boy know that he is always in her thoughts. The narrator begins with the frustration of the rat paying to attention to him/her, then lack of gratitude, and finally the lack of recognition of labor. Zhongzi, dont cross my village wall and break the willows. The protagonist's plea to Zhongzi not to literally and figuratively destroy the social order in her household because . While the works found in the Chinese text, Classic of Poetry, work in a "distinct, fresh simplicity," the poems found therein function as more than the simple folk writings or imagist descriptions that may be suggested upon first reading (Puchner 757). in the opposite direction. That being said, the idea of compassion is present in some of his poems from the Norton collection. I Secretly Recited and Presented This to Pei Di. The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Erotic flirting. Confucius, a Chinese Heck, the speaker could even be talking about a negative trait eatingatthemselves. The narrator pleads that his lover to respect his boundaries because he is afraid of gossip. The Harlem Renaissance was a movement in the arts, including literature and painting, in the early to mid-1900s. Throughout history, women set the role model for the appropriate engagement in premarital sexual behavior with men. That refuses to bend to societys wishes the World & # x27 ; plea. 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