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TAN TIEN by MEI-MEI BERSSENBRUGGE

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: As usual, the first gate was modest. It is dilapidated. She can't tell
Last Line: or what she meant by, no one can imagine how
Subject(s): MEDITATION; TANG DYNASTY (618-907);

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