Analyze the rhythmic effectiveness in the following verse: 'Ascending... the tiger mocks humans', sample 1:
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Composition
'Ascending the winding path deeply
Pig snorts, clouds drunk, guns sniffing the sky'
'Evening majestic, waterfalls roar and scream
'Night after night, the tigers jest at men'
(Westward Journey - Quang Dung)
A continuous succession of poetic images has invoked a vivid association with an expansive space in the reader's mind. It's not just deep but also vast, not just high but also distant. Difficulties seem to pile up like endless rows of mountains, profound and daunting.
These are four strokes depicting hardship full of impressions. While the first two lines mostly sow trochees, the latter two lines sow 9/14 iambic feet. Quang Dung's skill lies in the ability to make readers discern the rugged and perilous terrain regardless of trochees or iambs. Truly, 'poetry has music, poetry has painting'. A series of picturesque terms like 'winding path', 'deeply' are juxtaposed, creating a highly effective linguistic resonance. A continuous succession of poetic images has invoked a vivid association with an expansive space in the reader's mind. It's not just deep but also vast, not just high but also distant. Difficulties seem to pile up like endless rows of mountains, profound and daunting.
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