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A2.04.1 Module 2 Assignment 4

A2.04.1 Module 2 Assignment 4

Q 1. What about the author's background might have inspired him to write a poem about his mother singing a song about a homeland Li-Young Lee never saw? 2. Identify each of the following: Peking, the Summer Palace, and Kuen Ming Lake. 3. List 3 vivid images from the poem. 4. List 3 vivid images from your own childhood. 5. Choose one of the images from your childhood and write either your own poem or a descriptive paragraph on that image.

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The poet was born in Indonesia but his parents were Chinese. The poet has probably never visited China and its heritage but through the songs of his mother and grandmother, he came to know about all these. He learned about the tradition of China and the beauty of China and the poet actually fascinated after hearing all these.