Chinese poetry

The son of an Indian Primary School teacher and a Chinese Teochew Homemaker; Thumboo now aged 81 is recognized as “Singapore’s Poet Laureate” and one of Singapore’s Pioneer Poets. His diverse cultural heritage helped to shape his values as he began his Primary School education on our little red dot. Growing up, he was read narratives and nursery rhymes by his aunt. This cultivated his early interest in literature. He continued on to major in both History and English Literature at University…

What helped the Qin Dynasty reunify China after the Era of the Warring States? After the era of the Warring States the Qin ruler managed to reunify the country by a combination of military force and administrative reorganization (pg176.) China became a unified empire after the six largest states surrendered or fell to Qin armies. `Shih Huang-di administrative gifts were tremendous and his personality defects were huge. The administration was unified on Legalist principles by the emperor who…

Frost himself said in his seminal essay “ Education By Poetry” that “ poetry provides that one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another.”(Frost, 36) One of the exemplars of this technique is “ the life is a journey”, the invisible path change as we make choices. Frost illuminates that “yet knowing how…

Classics, and therefore a poem in the Shijing represents a meta-fragment of sorts; upon analysis it showcases certain facets of the concepts encompassed in the book, rather than completely formed concepts. Mayfly is a typical example of classical Chinese poetry; the words possesses both predominant and subsidiary meanings that lend themselves to various interpretations, and the effects of the auditory and visual stylistic and literary devices present in the poem are flexible enough to…

one’s ethnic or cultural orientation, its connection with Chinese American literature has not received the critical attention it deserves. However, with the introduction of Jade Snow Wong's representation of food in her search for identity in Fifth Chinese Daughter, it is hoped that new insights will be found like how food binds her family ties, and how it stimulates her quest for identity. This chapter explores the authenticity of Chinese American identity through the exploration of the…

After reading the two Williams’ works, I couldn’t hold back my curiosity about the differences in their poems. How could London vary so much in two productions? What caused the disparity? This sends me thinking deeply. First and foremost, the most possible reason is the background. The two writers stayed in two different ages, so it’s hard to avoid the difference in their writing styles. London by William Blake was written in 1794, at that time, Britain had become a capitalist society for…

Governments twisting religion to their benefit may sound like an unrealistic conspiracy theory, but it was frequent in Chinese history. Confucianism, a philosophy revolving around family and its importance, had been deeply rooted in Chinese ideology throughout several dynasties. However, this changed after Empress Wu Zetian redirected society to Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty. Her rule was the catalyst for a series of new religious and philosophical ideals present throughout the Song and Qing…

Daoist, the naturalness is very important, the value it and expect humans to be in harmony with the nature. Their love for nature can been seen in the landscape paintings and in the themes of their poetry, furthermore, in their medicine. The second most influential book that has ever existed in Chinese history and the book that has been translated the most, after the Bible, has been the Daodejing. There as some commitments that come along with Daoism like: naturalness, spontaneity, and freedom.…

the audience that is able to appreciate the poem. The length of a short film maintains the structural integrity of the story in its entirety while also making it accessible to audiences who may not feel equipped to read and interpret this kind of poetry. It also supports the idea of “Milun” as a performative piece, while enhancing it as a spoken piece, as Marie’s lais were often retold orally to the royal courts (Norton 142). Using a verbal medium maintains the experience of hearing the poem…

Poetry is the abundance of life and the most incarnate of languages we use, expressing ourselves in a free and unrestricted form — this is what Ezra Pound means by “Make It New.” However, to create something fresh and unique, we need to look back into the past in order to know what rules and conventions to smash. Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden along with many others are the pioneers of the Modernist era, innovating free verse, intellectual statements, and universal human significance. In this…