tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post4408737811698047291..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: Skywriting Tanka by Debbie StrangeChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-70887826064434428622015-01-14T09:05:03.317-05:002015-01-14T09:05:03.317-05:00Unlike a classic waka whose jo ("prefatory im...Unlike a classic waka whose jo ("prefatory image") is logically metaphoric or at least resonates closely with the emotional point of the tanka, the prefatory image (depicted in Ls 1-3) of Debbie's tanka forms a thematically and emotionally dialectical relationship with the main statement (Ls 4&5) of the poem, which sparks the reader's reflection on human relationships. <br /><br />And the issue of language, written (as implied in L3) or spoken (as indicated in L5), takes on metaphoric significance.<br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com