Chinese LRJ #4

Chue Meng Vang
Ms.Peifer
English 10 IB
April 15, 2009
Book of Songs and Li Po
In the "O Oriole, Yellow Bird" the phrase "I must go back, go home"(6, 13, 20) is repeated. The mood here is sadness. It is sadness because the author wants to go home. In "What Plant is Not Faded" the phrase "what man is not taken.."(3,6) is repeated. The mood in this repeated also sadness.
The overall mood in "Quiet Night Thoughts" is elegance. The entire poem has a sense of elegance in it due to the words chosen. The words are descriptive and reading the poem you can feel and see where he is, you can see what he sees. "...bright moonlight..."(2) This description helps set the mood of the poem.
In "Quite Night Thoughts" Li Po uses images of nature as a reference to his children who he misses. "And your tears flow like the running stream;"(17) Li Po speaks of his son's tears of sorrow in the poem. "When you come there underneath my peach, Oh to pat and pet you too, my child!"(20-21) Li Po would be happy to have is son with him again and have his cson follow his path.
Letter to Their Dear Father
Father do not sorrow
for we love and miss you as well.
You don't sail the Yangtze alone for we are the changing river.
We are the growing peach tree next to the large peach tree.
Like both peach trees next to one another
We will always gorw and be next to one another.