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Outline: Analyzing the beauty of life depicted in the poem: 'I want to turn off the sun... a pair of lips nearby'
1. Introduction
- Xuan Dieu is acclaimed as the emerging poet among the new poets, with his exemplary work being 'Hastily'.
- The poem is a harmonious blend of Xuan Dieu's wild and innocent personal ego with a vivid portrayal of life, brimming with intense desires.
2. Body of the poem
- The initial four lines, in 5-character verses, express the poet's unusual, audacious longing to 'turn off the sun', 'bind the wind', to preserve the most beautiful aspects of life => A sense of regret.
- The subsequent lines paint a picture of nature, life brimming with vitality:
+ Butterflies frolicking in the 'honey weeks' with sweetness
+ Flowers blooming in the lush, cool greenery of the fields
+ Tender leaves on the swaying branches
=> Everything in pairs, reflecting the happiness, sweetness, and romance of love, life.
+ The auditory senses perceive the swallows' chirping like a 'love song', the anthem of love, of beautiful, enchanting life.
+ Imagining the image of light sneaking through the young girl's eyelashes => romantic, dreamy soul.
+ Belief in living each day as a joy.
+ Sensory conversion, from feeling to taste, the January atmosphere 'as delicious as the lips nearby' of the young maiden in her prime, with full, vibrant lips, exuding vitality => Longing for love, for embracing life.
3. Conclusion
- A vivid, vibrant depiction of life through Xuân Diệu's delicate, rhythmic, intense verses.
- The philosophy of life on earth being truly wonderful and happy, with a sense of regret, longing to preserve the beautiful moments in the poet's life.
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