On Hearing Her Play the Harp
Michael Jonathan R. Dazo
11132957
Humalit
As I read the poem entitled “On Hearing Her Play the Harp” for the first time, I got surprised of the fact that the poem has only four lines and that the words were pretty simple and easy to understand for first time readers but in fact the poem had a deeper and a more interesting meaning behind it. At my initial reading with no little or no research at all, I visualized everything as a white young pretty woman who comes from a rich and powerful family because of the fact that she is playing a “golden –fretted harp and as she plays through the frets of the notes, I imagined Chou You a young and a handsome rich lad which she likes, enters the room she is in, and to be noticed by this young man she decides to think of a way to attract the eyes of the young Chou Yu, so she decides to use the obvious, which is to attract him by playing wrong notes now and then, and by doing I visualize Chou Yu falling in love in with the beautiful white harp player. Being ignorant or knowledgeable about certain things can really change your perspective about your environment and a lot more like in this poem, as I read the poem a second time with the information I had gathered with my research in Chinese History. My studying about Chinese History changed how I interpreted the poem. Changes like how I must stress on details in order for my readers to understand the setting Chou Yu and the beautiful musician are in. For example I did not describe the setting at all in which the girl was in and how she played the harp and what kind of harp was it and how she attracted in full detail Chou Yu. After giving a little minor tweaks to my interpretation this is it how it starts. A big yet simple wooden house, overlooking the vast farmlands of China with doors similar to that of the Japanese and beautiful wide windows which gives the house the bright and fresh feeling. And in this house’ function room you may find a young woman with skin like white
11132957
Humalit
As I read the poem entitled “On Hearing Her Play the Harp” for the first time, I got surprised of the fact that the poem has only four lines and that the words were pretty simple and easy to understand for first time readers but in fact the poem had a deeper and a more interesting meaning behind it. At my initial reading with no little or no research at all, I visualized everything as a white young pretty woman who comes from a rich and powerful family because of the fact that she is playing a “golden –fretted harp and as she plays through the frets of the notes, I imagined Chou You a young and a handsome rich lad which she likes, enters the room she is in, and to be noticed by this young man she decides to think of a way to attract the eyes of the young Chou Yu, so she decides to use the obvious, which is to attract him by playing wrong notes now and then, and by doing I visualize Chou Yu falling in love in with the beautiful white harp player. Being ignorant or knowledgeable about certain things can really change your perspective about your environment and a lot more like in this poem, as I read the poem a second time with the information I had gathered with my research in Chinese History. My studying about Chinese History changed how I interpreted the poem. Changes like how I must stress on details in order for my readers to understand the setting Chou Yu and the beautiful musician are in. For example I did not describe the setting at all in which the girl was in and how she played the harp and what kind of harp was it and how she attracted in full detail Chou Yu. After giving a little minor tweaks to my interpretation this is it how it starts. A big yet simple wooden house, overlooking the vast farmlands of China with doors similar to that of the Japanese and beautiful wide windows which gives the house the bright and fresh feeling. And in this house’ function room you may find a young woman with skin like white