Lin (1939-) was born in Yilan, Taiwan Province. He is the author of poetry anthology History, Trees by the Road, Selected Poems of Lin, etc.
lunar eclipse
At eight o'clock, the moon is on my second floor.
Try to go through the window.
On the night of the fifteenth.
I caught her.
So, you guys
There was a lunar eclipse.
What about midnight
She put her clothes on my bed.
So, that night
She is very clever.
(Selected from Turtledove and Trap Pastoral Publishing House, 1968 edition)
[Appreciation]
At the beginning of the poem Eclipse in November, the moon is personified. The author said humorously that "she" tried to "go through the window" on the second floor. The language was quite funny and caught the reader's heart at once.
There are three lines in this poem, such as the moon and the author playing hide and seek. The first section says that at eight o'clock in the evening, "the moon is on my second floor" and "she" seems to "go through the window" and come to my side. Through a clever "attempt", the feelings between "I" and the moon were revealed. Then in the second quarter, the time jumped to the fifteenth night, which was a full moon night, but there was an eclipse. The author started a rich association because "I caught her" and "you" saw the eclipse! In the third quarter, the moon finally lit up in the middle of the night, and the author continued to imagine, "She left her clothes on my bed" and "So, she was particularly bright". Through this series of actions, the author put his feelings for the moon into it, and turned the moon into a charming and affectionate girl, leaving readers with endless charm. If it weren't for the love of the moon, how could it have such a unique idea?
This is a lyric poem by the richest man, which is deeply rooted in people's hearts, from First Meeting the Bright Moon, Catch the Bright Moon to Sleeping with the Bright Moon.