Asian Poetry
Tony Rodriguez - English II Honors - 4/28/15
Chinese Poem
I Built My House Near Where Others Dwell
I built my house near where others dwell,
And yet there is no clamor of carriages and
horses.
You ask me ''How can this be so?''
''When the heart is far the place of itself is distant.''
I pluck chrysanthemums under the easter hedge,
And gaze afar towards the southern mountains.
The mountain air is fine at evening of the day
And flying birds return together homewards.
Within these things there is a hint of Truth,
But when I start to tell it, I cannot find the words.
Why I Chose This Poem
Summary
Literary Elements
- Metaphors are included, such as the lines, ''Within these things there is a hint of Truth.'' These things being nature and the truth as the human connection to nature.
- Alliteration- Clamor of carriage
- Onomatopoeia- Clamor
Art to Art
And gaze afar towards the southern mountains.
The mountain air is fine at evening of the day.'' This scene exerts an image of the natural surroundings of T'ao Chi'en's home.
Painting Info
- Handmade item
- Size: 9 x 14 inches
- Materials: acid free heavyweight fine art paper, archival pigment inks
- Artist- unknown
This song connects to the poem ''I Built My House Near Where Others Dwell'' because both entail the descriptions of their homes. Both describe there home as a surreal environment of peace. Although the song puts more emphasis in the desire of going home, while the poem involves more appreciation of his surroundings; both still the idea of home and one's surroundings.
- Singer- Sandy Cheeks
- Source- Youtube
Japanese Poem
Haiku
Beautiful, seen through holes
Made in a paper screen:
The Milky Way.
Far-off mountain peaks
Reflected in its eyes:
The dragonfly.
A world of dew:
Yet within the dewdrops-
Quarrels
With blatant serenity
Gazing at the far hills:
A tiny frog
Why I Chose This poem
Summary
Literary Elements:
- There seems to be a rhyme scheme, but it isn't constant. The rhyme scheme skips lines.
- ''Yet within the dewdrops-quarrels.'' This is a contradicting concept that, although in the general world the author describes it as peaceful, yet in the world in the dewdrop there bellows issues.
Art to Art
''A world of dew: Yet within the dewdrops- Quarrels.'' Extending from this platform, the painting arrays the descriptive imagery.
Painting Info
- Oil painting
- (8" x 10")
- Artist- D.G Phelps
Video (Pink Matter) Info
- Song Writer- Frank Ocean
- Cover Singer- Chrissy
- Source- Youtube
- Rather than choosing the original song, this cover contained no explicit language.