Ho Xuan Huong
Ho Xuan Huong (1772–1822) was called “the Queen of Nôm Poetry” by the late Xuan Dieu, a prominant modern Vietnamese poet. Source
Floating Sweet Dumpling
translated from the Vietnamese by Marilyn Chin
My body is powdery white and round
I sink and bob like a mountain in a pond
The hand that kneads me is hard and rough
You can't destroy my true red heart
Published:
2008
Length:
Shorty
Literary Movements:
Anthology Years:
2024
Themes:
Food
Identity
Persona Poems
Literary Devices:
Imagery
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
Personification
the attribution of human qualities to a non-human thing
Simile
a comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”