Lyrical and Rhythm: The Annotation of Reduplicative Binomials in Wei and Jing’s Pentasyllabic Poetry.
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Chu, Hsien-min
Abstract
Overlapping words and Continuous words are both the important elements in“The Book of Songs”. These reduplicative binomials are combined with two characters, and they can’t be interpreted separately. As a result, they are very suit for four-characters poetry, which are read in 2-2 rhyme. In Wei-Jin Dynasties, poets still wrote four-characters poetry with reduplicative binomials. However, when the pentasyllabic poetry became the main stream in the Wei-Jin Dynasties, the leading rhyme of the poetry from 2-2 to 2-3, which made the reduplicative binomials not so useful in the poetry. On the contrary, the poets could write the line of poetry with monosyllabic and disyllabic words. Those words will make the poetry more variable. So, why should the poets still chose the reduplicative binomials? To answer the question, there are two ways to discuss: one is about the lyrical,and the other is about the rhyme. To the lyrical, reduplicative binomials still responsible to represent the meaning of the poem. They can build the atmosphere to allow the readers to imagine. Thus, it is appropriate to express indefinite scenery and feelings with reduplicative binomials. These words can describe things and express feelings at the same time, which made reduplicative binomials more useful. To rhymes, reduplicative binomials’ pronunciations are so special that allow them to lead the rhyme of pentasyllabic poetry easily. Moreover, the development of poetry from Wei to Jin showed that reduplicative binomials became more and more important in leading rhymes. Although, reduplicative binomials were old forms of word from the ancient time, in the development of pentasyllabic poetry in Wei and Jin Dynasties, it still shows the interrelation between old words and new rhetoric.
Subjects
Wei and Jin Dynasties
pentasyllabic poetry
reduplicative binomials
lyrical
rhythm
Type
thesis
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