Home » Famous Poems » Li Bai » Through the YangZi Gorges

Through the YangZi Gorges

Read 'Through the YangZi Gorges' by 'Li Bai' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Through the YangZi Gorges by Li Bai

From the walls of Baidi high in the coloured dawn

To Jiangling by night-fall is three hundred miles,

Yet monkeys are still calling on both banks behind me

To my boat these ten thousand mountains away.

Form: Jueju

♡Like0

Comments

Comments About This Poem

Share your interpretation, favorite passage, or thoughts about this famous poem. Please provide an in-depth and meaningful comment.

What do you think the poet was trying to say?
Which line had the biggest impact on you?
How does this poem relate to modern life?
What literary devices did you notice?

No comments have been posted yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.

Get a Premium Membership

Turn off ads, get more exposure for your poetry, and get more features with a Premium Membership.

Book: Diverse Voices: The Poetry of Human Rights and the Pursuit of Peace