
Note: Had to resubmit. This thing hates me, I swear.
My attempt at gushi (古诗) poetry, even though it's with modern Chinese rather than the classical words its supposed to use.
I'm totally a novice at stuff like that, so if you know better than I do, please be nice if it's breaking every damn rule in the book. I know that:
These types of poems have 5-7 character long lines.
There's an even number of lines.
Every second line must rhyme.
If I'm missing something, if you know, then please tell me nicely so I don't get too discouraged.
So on to my actual comments about this poem: Even though the weather was nice today, it's been very rainy and cold over the past two months (duh... winter). When I was sitting here, listening to music, suddenly an image of a shipwrecked boat jumped into my head and struck me as inspiration. It lead to this. Yay.
My attempt at gushi (古诗) poetry, even though it's with modern Chinese rather than the classical words its supposed to use.
I'm totally a novice at stuff like that, so if you know better than I do, please be nice if it's breaking every damn rule in the book. I know that:
These types of poems have 5-7 character long lines.
There's an even number of lines.
Every second line must rhyme.
If I'm missing something, if you know, then please tell me nicely so I don't get too discouraged.
So on to my actual comments about this poem: Even though the weather was nice today, it's been very rainy and cold over the past two months (duh... winter). When I was sitting here, listening to music, suddenly an image of a shipwrecked boat jumped into my head and struck me as inspiration. It lead to this. Yay.
Category Poetry / Scenery
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I don't know Chinese. Learning it or Japanese is a long range goal - as a logician and dialectician, I find that the multiple alphabet system seems to clear out contextual issues of ambiguity in print.
Anyway, the English translation you provided is a wonderful, direct poem on its own.
Anyway, the English translation you provided is a wonderful, direct poem on its own.
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