Statement on the Poems The Butterflies and Dream and Poetry by Hu Shih

Document Type:Essay

Subject Area:Literature

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This poem can be interpreted differently from different perspectives depending on the author’s background of having studied overseas. For instance, in one context the color ‘yellow’ can be interpreted as a symbolic representation of the ethnicity of the two butterflies. Hu Shih uses the One ‘yellow butterfly’ that separates from the other ‘yellow butterfly’ leaving the one ‘yellow butterfly’ anxious about being apart from the other yellow butterfly to emphasize the theme of separation anxiety. This can be interpreted to mean that Hu Shi is most probably referring to himself and the period he was living away from his home country China while studying overseas in the United States. Being an embodiment of Chinese tradition, traditional images of the past are conspicuously present in Hu Shih’s revolutionary poem ‘The Butterflies’.

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