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1983

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1	1922	Williams, William Carlos. The widow's lament in springtime. In : Poetry ; January (1922). Sorrow is my own yard where the new grass flames as it has flamed often before but not with the cold fire that closes round me this year. Thirtyfive years I lived with my husband. The plumbree is white today with masses of flowers. Masses of flowers load the cherry branches and color some bushes yellow and some red but the grief in my heart is stronger than they for though they were my joy formerly, today I notice them and turned away forgetting. Today my son told me that in the meadows, at the edge of the heavy woods in the distance, he saw trees of white flowers. I feel that I would like to go there and fall into those flowers and sink into the marsh near them. Vincent Yang : The women's lament in springtime was always a favorite theme of classical Chinese poets, and the home was the ideal setting for such poems. In choosing his subject, Williams not only employs a popular theme in Chinese poetry but also uses some traditional images in the literary heritage of Chinese poetry. Typical of most Chinese poets, Williams also employs the technique of interweaving natural scenery with human events and emotions throughout his poem. In keeping with Chinese poetic tradition, he also uses cherry blossoms to signify the widow's declining beauty in his poem.	Person: Williams, William Carlos

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#	Year	Bibliographical Data	Type / Abbreviation	Linked Data
1	2000-	Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich	Organisation / AOI	Cited by: Huppertz, Josefine ; Köster, Hermann. Kleine China-Beiträge. (St. Augustin : Selbstverlag, 1979). [Hermann Köster zum 75. Geburtstag]. [Enthält : Ostasieneise von Wilhelm Schmidt 1935 von Josefine Huppertz ; Konfuzianismus von Xunzi von Hermann Köster]. (Huppe1, Published)