“Drinking Alone with the Moon” by Li Bo, encompesses Bo’s characterstics. The poem is written in first person perspective, most likely Bo’s perspective. The poem’s overall tone is happy. Bo, uses figurative language to enhance the poem, and further explain the narrator’s feelings. Examples of figurative language used in this poem are: personification, diction and euphemism.
Although, the overall tone of the poem is happy, the first stanza tone is sad. “I drink alone, no friends with me” (2), this suggest that the narrator is lonely and sad. “I raise my cup to invite the moon.” (3), in this line, the author used hyperbole; this tells that the narrator then feels optimistic but, at the same time desperate. In the last line of the first stanza, …show more content…
In this line: “Still sober, we exchange our joys.” (11), the narrator is indicating that when he is conscious of himself he is more friendly, than when he is not. For example: “Drunk-and we’ll go our separate ways.” (12), this indicates that when the narrator is drunk, he becomes less friendly, and he and his two friends go their separate ways.
In the fourth and last stanza, the narrator seems serious about his relationship with his new “friends”. “Let’s pledge--beyond human ties--to be friends,” (13), In this line, the author’s choice of diction such as: pledge, indicates the narrator's earnest request to stay friends. Finally the narrator promises his friends to meet again: “And meet where the Silver River ends.” (14), in this line, the author uses euphemism to sugarcoat the truth about, never meeting his friends again.
In conclusion, “Drinking Alone with the Moon” apply a happy tone most of the time because of the author’s choice of diction like: sing, dance, joys, spring, merry. Figurative language is used to contribute to the events of the poem. This poem is constructed into four stanzas, four lines in each stanza, for the first three stanzas; and two lines for the last
Although, the overall tone of the poem is happy, the first stanza tone is sad. “I drink alone, no friends with me” (2), this suggest that the narrator is lonely and sad. “I raise my cup to invite the moon.” (3), in this line, the author used hyperbole; this tells that the narrator then feels optimistic but, at the same time desperate. In the last line of the first stanza, …show more content…
In this line: “Still sober, we exchange our joys.” (11), the narrator is indicating that when he is conscious of himself he is more friendly, than when he is not. For example: “Drunk-and we’ll go our separate ways.” (12), this indicates that when the narrator is drunk, he becomes less friendly, and he and his two friends go their separate ways.
In the fourth and last stanza, the narrator seems serious about his relationship with his new “friends”. “Let’s pledge--beyond human ties--to be friends,” (13), In this line, the author’s choice of diction such as: pledge, indicates the narrator's earnest request to stay friends. Finally the narrator promises his friends to meet again: “And meet where the Silver River ends.” (14), in this line, the author uses euphemism to sugarcoat the truth about, never meeting his friends again.
In conclusion, “Drinking Alone with the Moon” apply a happy tone most of the time because of the author’s choice of diction like: sing, dance, joys, spring, merry. Figurative language is used to contribute to the events of the poem. This poem is constructed into four stanzas, four lines in each stanza, for the first three stanzas; and two lines for the last