Praise whoever raised these poles
for some to swing while others watch.
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A song of life full of it's ups and down. May be with some spiritual aspect
somehow, i do not very like it bc..maybe i haven't read it properly
Even if I don't understand it, I like it! Could somebody explain it? It's better than the other poem I read.
Sounds to me it's about hanging people by the neck but that's just me :)
The movement of life the passage of time as we all move through it.
Such a great write by Ho Xuan Huong.....................
Happy and sad all in one poem. Happy whilst they're swinging. But sad because of the empty holes where swings were removed.
The pole represents. And whole poem is about. The biological act of human is nicely presented. Legs stretched and pole removed leaving hole empty.