Come to the good poem: Lantern

QTO - Poet Nguyen Lam Thang was a teacher at the Faculty of Preschool Education (Hue) so he has a good understanding of children's psychology. The poem "Lantern" is one of hundreds of poems he wrote for children, loved by children for its lively and innocent features and especially its rhythm and jubilant images on the night of the full moon festival.

The pretty lantern

Carp shaped

The lights are shining brightly

The more you look, the more beautiful it is.

I hold the lamp in my hand

Welcoming Ms. Hang and Mr. Cuoi

I wait tonight

Much joy will come

Bustling street corners

Buzzing throughout the village

Who is beating the lion drum?

The full moon night resounded

Lanterns are more eager

Follow me as I walk happily

Tonight the lights are also awake

Do you know Ms. Hang?

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Poet Nguyen Lam Thang was a teacher at the Faculty of Preschool Education ( Hue ) so he understood children's psychology very well. The poem "Lantern" is one of hundreds of poems he wrote for children, loved by children for its lively and innocent features and especially its rhythm and jubilant images on the full moon night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Lanterns are an indispensable toy in the lantern parade night. From the light of the lanterns radiates the light of warm love, shining and shining brightly. Lanterns are also a funny image that depicts many images, thereby enhancing the imagination of children, such as the lantern is a martial spirit.

Illustration: HH

The poet uses a rhythm of 5 words like a bustling step in harmony with the bustling drum beat. The beginning is a verse like a narrative, a joy in harmony: "The pretty lantern/Has the shape of a carp/The lamp is sparkling/The more you look, the more beautiful it is". It is the pair of reduplicative words "pretty" and "sparkling" that create a magical space, an excitement in the heart. Childhood loves surprise, curiosity and restlessness. Here: "I hold the lantern in my hand/Welcoming Ms. Hang, Mr. Cuoi" the light of the full moon blends with the light of the lantern with so much excitement: "I wait for tonight/So much joy will come".

The lantern is like a signal, a greeting, an invitation. The lantern is also like a companion. And a message for many dreams and hopes. The image of the carp in the lantern reminds us of the story of "Carp jumping over the Dragon Gate" like passing exams. The rhythm of the poem spreads out like a group of children carrying lanterns at a festival: "Bustling in many street corners/Sounding bustling throughout the village".

From the bustling streets to the bustling countryside: “bustling” and “buzzing” - that is the excitement that creates a scene that expands the space when: “The sound of the lion drums/Resounds throughout the full moon night”. The echo of “resound” is so vast, so immense like the golden moonlight. A Mid-Autumn Festival night in a peaceful space, in the excitement of people’s hearts, in the radiant light of many drum sounds and lion dance images - A full moon night without sleep!

The image of the lantern is so vivid: “The lantern is more eager”. Is it the lantern or the excited child? The lantern is also a character that keeps multiplying and spreading: “Following me as I walk happily”. The rhythm of the poem is leading the children into the bustling space of the full moon festival, suddenly slowing down with a heart-stirring question: “Tonight the lantern is also awake/Do you know, Sister Hang?” A whispering of affection, a stirring sharing, an innocent communication. And above all, it is the childish affection for the full moon festival that awakens so much excitement in people’s hearts.

Nguyen Ngoc Phu

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/van-hoa/202510/den-voi-bai-tho-hay-long-den-cd211f8/