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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

The poem "Alone Looking at the Mountain" is a very short poem but it entails deep meaning regarding nature and a man's state of mind. This poem is talking about a man watching birds fly over the sky. The man sits back and watches as the birds come and go. This reveals a deeper theme of loneliness and secluding himself from others. The imagery in this poem as well makes it very unique. This poem describes in detail of the nature and scenery when the author says "We never tire of looking at each other, only the mountain and I." This quote is describing the feeling of the author being in tune with nature. He is secluding him self from all the extra things and life and he just soaks in all the atmosphere and everything around him. He admires the senses around him and he comes into tune with everything around him. This style of writing is defined by Li-Po. His style of writing entails his thoughts between man versus nature. The benign presence in nature brings about a deeper spiritual meaning to life. The extremities and life are all left behind when Li-Po puts himself into the ideas that nature can reveal one's true self. The literal situation of him watching birds in the mountains is the absolute ideal place of silence where one can collect their thoughts and feelings and to release all the negative feelings into the sight of the scenes. 

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