Drinking Alone by Moonlight

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Drinking Alone by Moonlight is a celebrated lyric poem by Tang dynasty poet Li Bai that portrays solitary wine drinking under the moon and an imagined companionship with nature.

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instanceOf Chinese poem ⓘ
Tang dynasty poem ⓘ
lyric poem ⓘ
associatedWith Li Bai's image as an immortal of wine ⓘ
author Li Bai ⓘ
centralCharacter lyric speaker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
culturalSignificance celebrated example of Tang lyric poetry ⓘ
frequently anthologized in Chinese literature collections ⓘ
form regulated verse ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later Chinese poetic depictions of drinking and the moon ⓘ
hasSubject friendship with nature ⓘ
moon ⓘ
wine ⓘ
imagery lunar imagery ⓘ
natural scenery ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
literaryMovement High Tang poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod Tang dynasty ⓘ
meter five-character lines ⓘ
motif drinking alone ⓘ
moon ⓘ
shadow ⓘ
wine ⓘ
oftenIncludedIn English-language anthologies of Chinese poetry ⓘ
oftenStudiedIn courses on Chinese literature ⓘ
originalLanguage Classical Chinese ⓘ
partOf Li Bai's poetic corpus ⓘ
linked to: Tang poetry
philosophicalAspect Daoist view of unity with nature ⓘ
reflection on human loneliness ⓘ
poet Li Bai ⓘ
portrays imagined companionship with the moon and shadow ⓘ
solitary wine drinking under the moon ⓘ
setting night ⓘ
theme companionship with nature ⓘ
escapism ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
harmony between man and nature ⓘ
solitude ⓘ
transcendence ⓘ
wine drinking ⓘ
timeOfComposition Tang dynasty ⓘ
translatedAs Alone and Drinking Under the Moon ⓘ
Drinking Alone Under the Moon ⓘ

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Li Bai → notableWork → Drinking Alone by Moonlight ⓘ
Drinking Alone by Moonlight → translatedAs → Alone and Drinking Under the Moon ⓘ
linked to: Drinking Alone by Moonlight