Hm, okay, so there's already some talk of separation in the final lines of each section ("You will drop off in death", thereby become separated from what you are failing to appreciate and use, "and another person will...").
And going off of this: "on the mountains there is X, for example, was usually employed in songs about separation. [...] Parallelism, especially in stock phrases such as "on the mountains there is X, / in the lowlands there is Y," is common
Then the first two lines, contrasting the mountains and the low, wet grounds, are also working to emphasize the upcoming separation?
A very carpe diem/"you can't take it with you" poem.
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Re: 115. 山有樞 - Shan You Shu
Date: 2021-02-22 12:46 am (UTC)And going off of this: "on the mountains there is X, for example, was usually employed in songs about separation. [...] Parallelism, especially in stock phrases such as "on the mountains there is X, / in the lowlands there is Y," is common
Then the first two lines, contrasting the mountains and the low, wet grounds, are also working to emphasize the upcoming separation?
A very carpe diem/"you can't take it with you" poem.