Analyzing Xuân Diệu's delicate perceptions of nature as depicted in the poem Here Comes Autumn

Prompt: Analyze Xuân Diệu's delicate perceptions of nature as depicted in the poem Here Comes Autumn

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As the autumn breeze starts to chill, signaling the transitional moment of the season, the souls of poets become more sensitive than ever to embrace the subtle changes of the earth and sky. While Nguyễn Khuyến captures autumn with his collection of poems: 'Autumn whispers', 'Autumn sighs', 'Autumn dampness' to encapsulate the full picture of autumn, Lưu Trọng Lư listens to the 'Sound of autumn returning', meanwhile, Xuân Diệu - 'the newest poet among the new poets' welcomes autumn with excitement, eagerly anticipating through 'Here Comes Autumn'. Through this poem, we can perceive the poet's delicate sentiments towards nature during the transitional period, from summer to autumn.

The subtle sentiments of the 'poet laureate of love' are immediately evident in the title of the poem. 'Here Comes Autumn' presents before the reader a irreversible step of time, autumn as if present right before the reader's eyes with tangible movement. The poet's delicate soul grasps every moment, allowing the poetic soul to encounter the autumnal spirit, revealing an extremely sensitive heart to the changes of the earth and sky. The transition of seasons is depicted through that delicate poetic soul.

Nature in general, and autumn in particular, has always been a familiar subject in the rich and diverse literary landscape. When depicting autumn, ancient poets often used classical elements like 'Golden fields and falling leaves - The entire universe celebrates autumn', while Xuân Diệu - 'the newest poet among the new poets' (as described by Hoài Thanh) leaves an impression with the image of willow groves:

'Willow groves stand desolately enduring grief
Sad hair hanging down in endless rows'

In the melancholic atmosphere, the emptiness of the transitional moment, the willow groves appear solemnly in the posture of 'enduring grief,' showcasing the poet's fresh artistic perception: Human beings as the epitome of beauty in nature. The poet's sorrow permeates into the scenery, making the willow groves also heavily laden with 'tears in endless rows,' creating an extremely delicate perception of a willow figure, a willow trait. The willow groves stretch across the sky as if 'shedding tears' in the scene of 'enduring grief,' intensifying the sorrow. The autumnal spirit is also depicted through the image of thinness and shedding in: 'With a faded silk robe woven with golden leaves,' full of flavor, evoking the fading beauty. 'Faded silk robe' also represents the author's delicate perception of color. Thus, through the poet's delicate perception, the invisible and incredibly gentle steps of time and the miraculous changes of the earth and sky as autumn approaches are revealed through each leaf color and tree posture.

The poet further expands the range of the soul and utilizes all senses to grasp intangible concepts, transforming them into tangibility:

'The trembling strands sway the leaves
Thin, fragile branches bend'

With a delicate and sensitive soul, the author captures every moment to seize the changes and intricacies of nature. When the autumn winds suddenly blow cold, the stiff branches tremble, gently shivering in the early season chill. The passage of time is successfully depicted through the use of the consonant 'r' in words like trembling, swaying, shaking, providing aesthetic value and containing notions of delicacy. And even the poet's soul can perceive the chill in the wind: 'I hear the coolness creeping in the wind'. The verb 'creeping' combined with the metaphorical device of sensory transformation has been skillfully applied by the author to concretize the 'chill,' evoking the coolness of autumn evenings, showing that the poet not only senses the autumn spirit, autumn winds through the senses but also through a highly sensitive soul.

The author's delicate perception is also expressed by adorning autumn with an inherent sadness through intriguing images like 'the moon lost in thought', 'melancholy and resentment of parting', 'the sad silent maiden'. Autumn with two portraits: autumn in the sky like 'the moon lost in thought' and autumn on the ground like 'the sad silent maiden' brings a melancholy flavor and deeply carries the colors of separation, farewell.

Thus, with a sensitive soul and an extremely delicate perception, the passage of time, the departure of autumn has been successfully described by the author through every autumnal feature, every beautiful autumnal form imbued with sadness. This has created Xuân Diệu's unique 'self' in the new poetry scene. It is the 'silent sadness', completely different from the ancient sorrow, the mournful 'sobs' of Huy Cận, and even more unlike the 'stale sadness' of poet Hàn Mặc Tử. Through this, we can sense a poet's longing for communion with nature, the earth and sky, along with Xuân Diệu's love for nature.

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