I. Detailed Outline
II. Sample Essay
Outline for analyzing the poem 'Fleeing Invaders' to illuminate perspectives: 'The works of Nguyen Dinh Chieu come alive and lead us with patriotic hymns'
I. Outline for analyzing the poem 'Fleeing Invaders' to elucidate perspectives...(Standard)
1. Introduction
- Nguyen Dinh Chieu (1822-1888), commonly known as Do Chieu, he is the greatest and most prolific poet of Southern Vietnam in the latter half of the 19th century.
- Some argue that: 'The works of Nguyen Dinh Chieu revive and guide us with patriotic songs,' we can clearly see this through the work 'Fleeing Invaders,' one of the first patriotic poems to appear during the period of resisting the French.
2. Body
* Two opening lines: Evoking the era and circumstances of invaders fleeing.
- Time: After the market disperses, the people gather, recreating the scene of daily life in Gia Dinh.
- The image of 'Western gunshots' unfamiliarly suggests terror, mass destruction.
- The image of 'The chessboard at a stalemate' opens up associations with the country's situation at the time, also falling into a passive, sudden, uncontrollable state.
* Two realistic scenes: The terror of fleeing invaders experienced by the people.
- The images of 'floods of children' and 'flocks of birds' epitomize the tragic fate of the people at the time, all experiencing a common scene of losing homes, nests, forced to leave the place they have long been attached to in order to escape.
- Adjectives like 'desolate,' 'bewildered' all evoke a sense of confusion, uncertainty, fleeing in despair, fear.
* Two argumentative lines: Contrasting scenarios of the country before and after the invasion swept through.
- Ben Nghe, rich, prosperous, people peaceful and happy in trading, now the fierce invaders sweep through so much 'wealthy property turned to water bubbles,' the long-standing construction industry also turns to smoke.
- Dong Nai, with its bright red tile roofs, warm golden thatched roofs, now only remains the columns of smoke choking the sky, like gray clouds, hallucinations, extremely pitiful.
* Two concluding lines: The author's heartfelt sorrow:
- The quietly agonizing question, the tone melancholic, mournful, resentful, reflects the heartbreaking reality of an incompetent, weak feudal court.
- The hope for outstanding talents to stand up with the people against the invaders - The author's profound love for the country and compassion for the people.
3. Conclusion
- Nguyen Dinh Chieu felt extreme sorrow and pain when witnessing the devastation of the country, with the people enduring scenes of separation and mourning.
- He vehemently criticizes the feudal regime's negligence, the traitors exchanging national interests for personal gain, the French colonialists who are cruel invaders, causing unjust wars, full of people's suffering.
II. Sample Essay Analysis of the Poem 'Fleeing Invaders' to Illuminate Perspectives...(Standard)
Nguyen Dinh Chieu (1822-1888), commonly known as Do Chieu, he is the greatest and most prolific poet of Southern Vietnam in the latter half of the 19th century, a period when the country underwent significant turmoil, the feudal court weakened, and French colonialists invaded our land. He was a poet with deep patriotism, a representative of strong vitality, his literary works always aimed to affirm humanitarian ideas, love for the country and compassion for the people. After France invaded our country, his outstanding pen turned to a fighting orientation, condemning the French colonialists' invasion, criticizing the weak feudal court while wholeheartedly praising and supporting the people's national resistance movements. Some argue that: 'The works of Nguyen Dinh Chieu revive and guide us with patriotic songs,' we can clearly see this through the work 'Fleeing Invaders,' one of the first patriotic poems to appear during the period of resisting the French.
