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II. Sample Writing
I. Outline Analysis of Xuân Diệu's Hasty Perception of Life
1. Introduction
- Setting the stage: Youth is the most beautiful period of a person's life, and once it's gone, it never returns...
- Presenting the issue: The poem Hurriedly portrays Xuân Diệu's positive outlook on life: Appreciating the present moment, living to the fullest, seizing every moment of life.
2. Body
a) Life principles depicted through the title of the work
- 'Hurriedly': Living to the fullest to enjoy the beauty of the world, living without hesitation to avoid wasting too much time but not living carelessly overlooking many things; living means knowing how to enjoy and love.
b) Specific analysis of the work
- 'I want... to fly away': Intense desire to transcend human limitations: 'turn off the sun, bind the wind' to preserve the colors and fragrances, to fully enjoy the beauty of the earth and sky.
- 'Of bees and butterflies... lips near': Xuân Diệu paints a paradise overflowing with sound and color
+ Space filled with colors: Green of grass and trees => Color of life at its fullest.
+ Space filled with sounds: The song invites swallows.
=> The poet eagerly desires to live to the fullest to enjoy the beauty of the world.
+ The invitation word 'here': Desire to enjoy, an irresistible invitation from the romantic who forgets his heart when passing through humanity.
+ The lush, abundant life's essence of spring is felt by Xuân Diệu as 'lips near' full of allure
=> The traveler loves and cherishes life, cherishes youth, but the more he understands the value of youth, the more hurriedly he lives.
- 'I'm ecstatic... never again': Xuân Diệu changes his way of living
+ He is both happy and worried, happy to feel and enjoy the beauty of the earth and sky, yet full of sorrow because youth will quickly pass, beauty will fade, while the universe is infinite, human life is fleeting...
+ He chooses to race against time, to live but still hesitates and worries about his fleeting youth.
+ He reminisces about life, about things he may not fully enjoy.
=> The artist's sadness seeps into the scenery, making them also melancholic.
- 'Quickly go... bite into you!': The more cherished, the less willing to lose, people become more hurried.
+ Mind and heart urge Xuân Diệu to live to the fullest so that there is no regret.
+ Desire surges intensely, culminating in 'biting' into the spring overflowing with life.
3. Conclusion
- Affirm Xuân Diệu's positive outlook on life.
- Express personal emotions and thoughts about that life perspective.
II. Sample Essay Analyze Hurriedly to Understand Xuân Diệu's Perception of Life
Youth is the most beautiful period of human life. Indeed, youth is like fleeting clouds, once gone, it can never be regained. Perhaps it is because of understanding this bitter law that people become appreciative of the present, choosing to live hurriedly to race against time, living every moment without missing out. And that is also the theme conveyed by Xuân Diệu in the work 'Hurriedly.'
Right from the title, we can somewhat grasp Xuân Diệu's life principles. It's about living fully to enjoy the beauty of the world, living without hesitation to waste too much time. However, living hurriedly doesn't mean living carelessly, overlooking many things; living means knowing how to enjoy and love.
And that burning desire to live fully is evident from the very beginning of the work:
'I want to turn off the sun
So the colors won't fade away;
I want to bind the wind
So the fragrance won't fly away.'
The desire to surpass the limits of a human being. It's the desire to turn off the sun, bind the wind. Just to preserve the colors and fragrances, that tiny human dares to dream of changing the universe,...(Continued)
