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Engaging with Literature: 'Twilight on Thương River' (by Hữu Thỉnh), Literature Class Grade 7 - Bridging Knowledge with Life
Engaging with Literature: 'Twilight on Thương River' - Bridging Knowledge with Life
1. Unveiling the Artistic Charms of Poetry: Form, Language, Imagery, Rhyme, Rhythm, Figurative Language Techniques,...
- The poem is written in a five-line form.
- In the poem, the author only uses the first letter capitalized and there is only one punctuation mark to maintain emotional continuity.
- Language: The language used is simple yet emotionally rich.
- Imagery: The imagery is simple, intimate, and evocative.
- Rhyme: Utilizes foot rhyme (ngõ - họ, Hạ - quả).
- Rhythm: Adheres to 2/3, 3/2 rhythm depending on the line.
- Figurative Language Techniques:
+ Personification: the river 'wants to speak,' the sail 'sings,' the rice 'bows, hides,' the 'green' wind, the water 'flows obediently,' the 'expression' of the harvest season vividly portrays the landscape.
+ Structural repetition: 'the water remains, two currents/ the evening remains, the reaping tongue' emphasizes the unchanged flow of the river (as when the poet was still in his hometown of Quan Họ).
+ Structural repetition: 'oh brown river/ oh blue river' highlights the poet's emotional response when contemplating the homeland river.
+ Comparison: 'the floating weeds seem familiar/ like a fairy tale' compares floating weeds to a fairy tale, evoking a sense of familiarity and wonder.
+ Comparison: 'the girls watching the water turbine/ their eyes as sharp as daggers,' dagger symbolizes sharpness, smallness used for cutting betel nuts, the girls' eyes watching the water turbine are compared to daggers to indicate sharpness and intelligence.
Exploring 'Twilight on Thương River' (by Hữu Thỉnh), 7th Grade Literature, Connecting Knowledge to Life
2. The Beauty of Thương River at Dusk.
The beauty of Thương River at dusk is depicted through:
- Riverside scenery: Quan Họ flowers blooming by the river 'gracefully blooming Quan Họ flowers/ tinted purple by Thương River.'
3. Emotions, Thoughts of the Poet about Thương River, about the Quan Họ Homeland.
In the poem 'Twilight on Thương River,' poet Hữu Thỉnh reveals profound emotions and thoughts about Thương River and the Quan Họ homeland. The poet admires, nostalgically gazes at the scene of Thương River at dusk. Thương River has Quan Họ flowers blooming purple on both banks, the water flows in two currents with a reaping tongue, and boats appear on the river. Through delicate language, figurative language techniques such as personification 'the river has something to say,' 'the sail is singing' and structural repetition 'the water remains, two currents/ the evening remains, the reaping tongue' used by the poet make Thương River vivid, simple, and familiar to a distant son of the homeland, the river seems to have a soul, a state similar to humans. Thương River is where the poet entrusts his hopes, his wishes for a bountiful harvest season, making the homeland prosperous, and warm 'for the face of the harvest season/ the land of my prosperous homeland/ what we entrust, soon turns golden,' 'offered to the impending harvest season, nourishing for the fallow season.' The Quan Họ homeland has Thương River, has fields of rice 'older leaves emerging,' has a prosperous harvest season, has floating weeds, and under the bridge, there is a waiting calf, which is where the poet always looks back to. The images of the river and the Quan Họ homeland make the author unable to contain his excitement but excitedly exclaims 'oh brown river, oh blue river...' it is a deeply cherished homeland always present in the poet's heart.
Through the poem 'Twilight on Thương River,' we witness the love for the Quan Họ homeland and Thương River by poet Hữu Thỉnh. The poem has contributed to highlighting the theme of the lesson 'Melodies of the Soul': family love, homeland, and country.
Other detailed and comprehensive sample literature compositions for Grade 7:
- Composing 'Half-closing the Eyes, Half-opening the Window' (by Nguyễn Ngọc Thuần), Grade 7 Literature, Connecting Knowledge to Life
- Composing 'Vietnamese Practice on Page 64, Grade 7 Literature, Connecting Knowledge to Life
