Original poem reprinted online here: "Day's End" by Tu Fu Originally read: May 26, 2013 More information about the Poet: Tu Fu At the end of this poem I wrote, "cynicism? / sincerity?" And, although the last line is very loaded -- "and for what?" The progression the poem takes questions the intent of the speaker. In these two quatrains, the first stanza hints at a return, "Oxen and sheep were brought back down / Long ago, and bramble gates closed." Note how the line reinforces two ideas -- the return and never exiting. The animals were brought in long ago, and the gates closed behind them. Now, this doesn't seem like much, but in a sparse poem, every image stands out, meanwhile, every action is buffered in this poem since the sentence construction is written in the passive. Like my previous sentence. The next line, "Over / Mountains and rivers, far from my old garden, A windswept moon rises into clear night." The images...
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