Qingming Jie was proclaimed a Chinese national holiday in 2008. It is a time for remembering loved ones who have departed (去世). People visit their ancestors’ graves to sweep away the dirt and get rid of any weeds. They also leave offerings (祭品) of food and flowers, and burn incense...
Qingming Jie was proclaimed(正式宣布) a Chinese national holiday in 2008. It is a time for remembering loved ones who have departed (去世). People visit their ancestors’ graves to sweep away the dirt and get rid of any weeds. They also leave offerings (祭品) of food and flowers and ...
Alun Lewis was a Welsh war poet, known for themes of isolation and death. He passed away during World War II, in Burma. Poems Key Poem Information Central Message:The pain of loss. Speaker:A woman who lost her husband in the WWII. ...
suffused in soft evening light and good intentions. The poetical images of the sun riding a tiger ‘beyond the horizon’ before ‘the moon takes an elephant for a stroll’ transport us to a world remote from the urban hustle and bustle of everyday life....
For this speaker, the usual ceremonies around death and grieving are done more for the living than the dead—on whom there’s simply no point in wasting too much energy. The poem begins with the speaker addressing a loved one who would mourn her if she were to die. With a striking ...
In the first stanza of‘Ulalume,’Edgar Allan Poe sets the stage for the eerie and melancholic tone that permeates the entire poem. Through vivid descriptions and careful word choices, Poe creates a haunting atmosphere that mirrors the speaker’s state of mind. ...
Sharing a lovely piece of poetry Two women, two different roles The one who gave birth to me And the one I gave birth to. One gave all the love she had The other got all the love I had One strived in the life chosen for her ...
In Corners - till a Day The Owner passed - identified - And carried Me away - And now We roam in Sovreign Woods - And now We hunt the Doe - And every time I speak for Him The Mountains straight reply - And do I smile, such cordial light Opon the Valley glow - It is as a ...
Qingming Jie was proclaimed a Chinese national holiday in 2008. It is a time for remembering loved ones who have departed (去世). People visit their ancestors’ graves to sweep away the dirt and get rid of any weeds. They also leave offerings (祭品) of food and flowers, and burn incense...
at night so that no one could see, and made him sit in the backseat of the car.She then went back home, now seeing herself as a woman who married a greedy idiot who wanted gold.The speaker visited her husband off and on for a while,parking the car well away from where he was an...