Compose 'Pilgrimage to Uncle Ho's Mausoleum'

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Preparing Lesson on Visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Short Version 1

'Pilgrimage to Uncle Ho's Mausoleum' portrays the profound emotions and reverent love of a person from the South when first visiting Uncle Ho's mausoleum. The lesson below will help you explore the essence of the poem's content, artistry, and value.

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'Pilgrimage to Uncle Ho's Mausoleum' is a poem written by poet Viễn Phương after the victorious end of the resistance war against America, when the Mausoleum was just completed, and the poet visited the North. The work is filled with deep emotion and sincere reverence of a person from the South 'visiting' the great Father, preparing the lesson on 'Pilgrimage to Uncle Ho's Mausoleum' to understand more about the author's feelings towards Uncle Ho.

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Preparing Lesson on Visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Short Version 1

I. Reading – Understanding the Text

Question 1

- The prevailing emotions in the poem are the joyful and deeply respectful feelings of gratitude and pride towards the nation's elderly Father when standing before Uncle Ho's mausoleum.

- The sequence described is a chronological sequence.

Question 2

- The line of bamboo trees beside the mausoleum is described right from the beginning of the poem's title.

- The author highlights the characteristics of bamboo: its color, determination, and filial piety.

- The final image of the poem adds to the aspect of bamboo's profound filial piety, akin to the people's sentiment and the determination to protect the homeland offered to Uncle Ho.

Question 3

- Everyone, including the poet, expressed deeply profound respect and reverence towards Uncle Ho in stanzas 2, 3, 4.

+ 'Every day the sun passes over the mausoleum/ sees a sun inside the mausoleum so red'

⟶ Uncle Ho's image is metaphorically likened to the image of the 'sun inside the mausoleum'.

+ 'Uncle Ho lies in peaceful sleep

In the gentle glow of a bright moon'

⟶ The image of the radiant red sun inside the mausoleum is replaced by the gentle glow of a bright moon. Uncle Ho is both a soldier and a guiding light for the revolution, a devoted Father to his soldier children.

Question 4

- Regarding the poetic form and tone: The poem consists of alternating lines of 8 and 7 characters. It is structured in quatrains, arranged flexibly. The rhythm is gentle and profound, matching the subdued emotions and contemplation upon visiting.

- Language and imagery: The imagery in the poem is vividly constructed, rich in creative imagery, layered meanings, and expressive symbolic language.

II. Practice

Question 1

Guidelines for analyzing paragraph 2

Pay attention to some of the techniques used in analyzing the following words:

- Metaphorically imply 'the sun inside the mausoleum is very red'

- Personify 'seeing'

- Metaphorically imply 'the flower bed'

- Use metonymy 'seventy-nine springs'

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