Drinking Alone by Moonlight

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Drinking Alone by Moonlight is a celebrated lyric poem by Tang dynasty poet Li Bai that portrays solitary wine drinking under the moon and an imagined companionship with nature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese poem
Tang dynasty poem
lyric poem
associatedWith Li Bai's image as an immortal of wine
author Li Bai
centralCharacter lyric speaker
countryOfOrigin China
culturalSignificance celebrated example of Tang lyric poetry
frequently anthologized in Chinese literature collections
form regulated verse
genre lyric poetry
hasInfluenceOn later Chinese poetic depictions of drinking and the moon
hasSubject friendship with nature
moon
wine
imagery lunar imagery
natural scenery
language Classical Chinese
literaryMovement High Tang poetry
literaryPeriod Tang dynasty
meter five-character lines
motif drinking alone
moon
shadow
wine
oftenIncludedIn English-language anthologies of Chinese poetry
oftenStudiedIn courses on Chinese literature
originalLanguage Classical Chinese
partOf Li Bai's poetic corpus
linked to: Tang poetry
philosophicalAspect Daoist view of unity with nature
reflection on human loneliness
poet Li Bai
portrays imagined companionship with the moon and shadow
solitary wine drinking under the moon
setting night
theme companionship with nature
escapism
friendship
harmony between man and nature
solitude
transcendence
wine drinking
timeOfComposition Tang dynasty
translatedAs Alone and Drinking Under the Moon
Drinking Alone Under the Moon

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Li Bai notableWork Drinking Alone by Moonlight
Drinking Alone by Moonlight translatedAs Alone and Drinking Under the Moon
linked to: Drinking Alone by Moonlight