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Zhang Ruoxu (Chinese: 張若虛; Wade–Giles: Chang Jo-hsü; ca. 660 – ca. 720) was a Chinese poet of the early Tang dynasty from Yangzhou in modern Jiangsu province. He is best known for "Spring River in the Flower Moon Night" (Chun Jiang Hua Yue Ye, 春江花月夜), one of the most unique and influential Tang poems, which has inspired numerous later artworks.
The poem is a dream vision; the first line reads "I wander all night in my vision". [6] At the beginning of the poem, the narrator is described as "Wandering and confused, lost to myself, ill-assorted, contradictory". In the dream, they travel to various places, visiting people as they are asleep.
In May 2016, Brennan contributed to the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation's monthly poetry collection focused on Australian poets, with his poem ‘There and Then’. [21] Brennan's sixth individual book is titled “The Earth Here”, the same name of a poem featured in his Unanimous Night collection. [22] The Earth Here was published by ASM in ...
Children's literature portal; Falling Up is a 1996 poetry collection primarily for children written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein [1] and published by HarperCollins.It is the third poetry collection published by Silverstein, following Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) and A Light in the Attic (1981), and the final one to be published during his lifetime, as he died just three years after ...
The lengthy blank verse poem, reflecting on the landscape of the countryside, was highly influential and much liked for at least a century after its writing. [3] Especially lavish editions were produced between 1830 and 1870 in Britain and America. [5] "The Cottagers" by Joshua Reynolds based on Thomson's "Autumn" poem
The poem, originally titled A Visit or A Visit From St. Nicholas, was first published anonymously on Dec. 23, 1823, in a Troy, New York newspaper called The Sentinel.
Die Lotosblume [1] ("The Lotus Flower") is a poem written by Heinrich Heine, and published in his Buch der Lieder (The Book of Songs, 1827). [2] Set to music by Robert Schumann in 1840, [3] this Lied is part of Schumann's Myrthen collection (op. 25 no. 7)) [4] and Six Songs for Männerchor (op. 33 no. 3). It is written in the key of F Major ...
The poem contains other allusions to Hindu scripture, such as the appearance of the sacred river Ganges called by its traditional name in the line "Ganga was sunken", and it can be read as an allegory similar to themes found in the Vedas where drought or sterility is caused by an evil force. In this reading the poet takes the role of a priest ...