Zhang Ji is traveling by boat and the tone of the poem and mood is affected by the element of the crow’s caw and the temple bells. Maple Bridge (a bridge in Suzhou) was made famous by this poem. Ringing for me, here in my boat, the midnight bell. Under the shadows of maple-trees a fisherman moves with his torch Īnd I hear, from beyond Su-chou, from the temple on Cold Mountain, While I watch the moon go down, a crow caws through the frost ‘ A Night-Mooring Near Maple Bridge’ by Zhang Ji (A.D. Zhang Jiuling served as a chancellor and was a prominent minister and scholar of the Tang Dynasty. The beauty in this poem is the light and hope the moon inspires amongst his heartache. Looking at the Moon and Thinking of One Far Away conveys the feeling of missing a loved one or loved ones and wishing that they were sharing moments together but also having a hope, as he goes to sleep, that they might meet in his dreams. It is no darker though I blow out my candle. ‘Looking at the Moon and Thinking of One Far Away’ by Zhang Jiuling (A.D. Li is one of the most prominent Tang Dynasty poets and his work is filled with elegance and imagination. In this poem, the moon has brought up feelings of homesickness and a wish to be reunited with his family. Li was a Confucian scholar detached from his hometown. Quiet Night Thoughts is one of the best-known poems that children recite for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Then lay me down - and thoughts of home arise. Up towards the glorious moon I raised my head,
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