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    The poem is written from the perspective of a wife mourning for her late husband. She expresses her deep sadness and loneliness without him. At night she lies awake alone, longing for his embrace but knowing he is gone. The poem conveys the wife's enduring love for her husband even after his death.

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    A Wife Mourns for her Husband

    by: Confucius

    Author's Backgrounds Background

    - Kung Fu-Tzu famously known as Confucius is a Chinise sage founded confucianism. - Teacher, Politician,
    Editor and Philosopher of Chinise History.

    - Confucius is known as the first teacher in China who wanted to make education broadly available and
    he was the instrumental in establishing the art of teaching as a vocation.

    Background of the Work

    - The poem is a Chinise Literature, later on translated by James Legge

    • Dramatic situation:

    a. Who is the speaker of the poem?

    - Wife

    She is the one who expresses a great loss of her husband.

    b. To whom does the speaker speaking?

    - Husband and the reader

    c. What is the situation?

    • It states the wife's grief or sorrow towards her husband. She is in longing and hope to be in his
    embrace.

    • What is the mood of the poem?

    The poem mood evokes sadness.

    • Denotation and Connotation

    1. Nights:

    Denonative Meaning

    the time of day between sunset and sunrise.

    Connotative Meaning
    the encompassing darkness that surrounds suffering.

    2. Alone:

    Denotative Meaning

    separated from others.

    Connotative Meaning

    you are the only human being present in a place.

    3. Thorn:

    Denotative Meaning

    a hard sharp leafless point on the stem or branch of a plant.

    Connotative Meaning

    an annoyance or problem

    • Symbolism:

    •Summer- freedom, happiness, idleness and self-development.

    • Dragon-plant- perseverance and knowledge of our inner-selves.

    • Figures of Speech

    Assonance

    - What home have I,

    No home have I,

    • Theme:

    • The love that stays even after death, is the one that recognized as pure.

    • Love does not forget, it remembers.

    Implication of the title:

    • The title implies the emotions being depicted in the poem.

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