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OPERA

An essay on Yang Lian’s poem “Opera”

From Where the Sea Stands Still · poem translated by Brian Holton

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This page presents a close-reading essay on “Opera” in two forms: a reading edition and a graphic edition.

The essay traces the poem’s theatrical imagery from returning song and golden birds to a silent sky and empty backstage, examining the relationship between beauty, perception and death.

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