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"The Glorified Outcasts: a study of 'A Farewell' and 'Drifting on the Lake' by Wang Wei"
Title: "The Glorified Outcasts: a study of 'A Farewell' and 'Drifting on the Lake' by Wang Wei"
Category: Literature / Poetry
Details: Words: 539 | Pages: 2.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
"The Glorified Outcasts: a study of 'A Farewell' and 'Drifting on the Lake' by Wang Wei"
A Farewell
I dismount from my horse and drink your wine.
I ask where you're going
You say you are a failure
And want to hibernate at the foot of Deep South Mountain
Once you're gone no one will ask about you.
There are endless white clouds on the mountain.
-Wang Wei
Drifting on the Lake
Autumn is crisp and the firmament far,
especially far from where people live.
I look at cranes on the …showed first 75 words of 539 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 539 total…he is able to be alone. He remarks that he is "not willing to return" to the place from whence he came with something of a disappointment buried in his words. In contrast, the character in "A Farewell" explains to the poem's speaker that he is traveling to isolation from society. He remarks that he is a failure...but this is a notion he has received from society and it has made him an outcast.
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