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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LUTE PLAYER (A WOMAN), by HAN YU First Line: Tell-tale your song -- as tell-tale as your eyes Last Line: Like water flooding from a broken vase. Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): Lutes; Music & Musicians; Musical Instruments; Women | |||
From the Chinese of Han Yu, Eighth Century, A.D.) Tell-tale your song -- as tell-tale as your eyes Wistful your melody. Your "soft" and "loud" Are heard together like a rain of pearls -- Seed-pearls and globules on a marble dish. Rending your climax, as a knife through silk And your finale bursts in liquid tones Like water flooding from a broken vase. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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