Vietnam: What is the analysis of some rhetorical devices in the Poem "Sóng" for 11th-grade students? Will 11th-grade students learn the rhetorical device of structural repetition?

What is the analysis of some rhetorical devices in the Poem "Sóng" for 11th-grade students in Vietnam?

The poem "Sóng" by Xuan Quynh is one of the representative works on love in modern Vietnamese poetry. With a gentle and sincere poetic voice, the author has employed many rhetorical devices in the poem "Sóng" to depict the soul of a girl in love. Below are the rhetorical devices in the poem "Sóng" from 11th-grade students:

- Personification: “Sông không hiểu nổi mình” ("The river can't understand itself"); “Sóng tìm ra tận bể” ("Waves find their way to the sea"); “con sóng nhớ bờ” ("The wave misses the shore"). Effect: Personifying the state of the waves to express emotions and longing of "em", the woman in love. It also makes the verses more evocative for the reader.

- Rhetorical question: “Từ nơi nào sóng lên?” ("From where do the waves rise?"); “Gió bắt đầu từ đâu?” ("Where does the wind begin?"). Effect: Emphasizes the desire to find the source of love, to understand love, to understand oneself and the one they love. It also makes the verses more lively and engaging for the reader.

- Repetitive structure: “Dẫu xuôi về phương Bắc/Dẫu ngược về phương Nam” ("Even if heading north/even if heading south"). Effect: Stresses that no matter where she is, regardless of myriad difficulties and separations, the girl remains faithful and steadfast to her beloved. Additionally, it imparts rhythm, cohesion, and a strong impression on the reader.

- Opposing rhetorical devices, personification (stanza 1): “Dữ dội và dịu êm…Sóng tìm ra tận bể” ("Fierce and gentle...Waves find their way to the sea"). →Using the image of waves to speak of a woman's soul in love, akin to those waves.

- Repetitive structure device “con sóng” (stanza 5) → The repetition is used three times as a refrain of a love song with passionate melodies, like a constant obsession with love and nostalgia. Three verses tied to the image of waves resemble waves cascading over each other.

- Metaphorical rhetoric “ngực trẻ” (the last two verses) → In the reflections and associations of the woman in love, the sea resembles the robust, young chest of the earth and waves like the heartbeat in the fervent heart of the ocean. The word "young" conveys a sense of everlasting, passionately rising waves, making the sea eternally youthful. Love, similarly, brings the youthfulness, vigor, and passion of youth to people.

- Rhetorical devices in the poem: repetitive language: "con sóng," opposition: "lòng sâu- mặt nước" ("deep - surface"), "ngày- đêm" ("day-night"), "mơ- thức" ("dream-awake"), metaphor: the wave is the woman, the shore is the man, and personification. A myriad of artistic methods are utilized by the author to enhance the evocativeness and sensitivity of the text. Moreover, it reveals the sentiments of a girl in love with all its nuances and inner turmoil, illustrating a love journey filled with challenges, hardships, and the intense longing of a girl in love.

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Will 11th-grade students in Vietnam learn the rhetorical device of structural repetition?

Under Section 5 of the General Education Program for Literature, issued together with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the Vietnamese knowledge required for 11th-grade students includes:

VIETNAMESE KNOWLEDGE

1. Ways to explain the meaning of words

2. Sentence component errors and how to correct them

3.1. Rhetorical devices of structural repetition, opposition: characteristics and effects

3.2. Some phenomena disrupting normal language rules: characteristics and effects

3.3. Text types and genres

- Argumentative text: relationship between arguments, reasoning, and evidence with the thesis; suitability between content and text title; purpose, attitude, and emotion of the writer; explanatory, narrative, and expressive elements in argumentative text; arguments on a social issue; analysis and evaluation essay on an artistic work (literature, film, music, visual arts, architecture,...)

- Informative text: the role of data and information in expressing ideas, main content, or messages of the text; types of comprehensive informative texts; title, purpose, and attitude of the writer; comprehensive explanatory essays; research reports

3.4. How to present references in a thesis or research report

4.1. Basic characteristics of written and spoken language

4.2. Non-verbal communication tools: images, numbers, charts, diagrams,...

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Thus, 11th-grade students will learn about the rhetorical device of structural repetition within the Literature curriculum.

What are the objectives of the Literature curriculum for 11th-grade students in Vietnam?

Under Section 3 of the General Education Program for Literature issued together with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the objectives of 11th-grade students in the Literature curriculum are as follows:

- Help students continue to develop the qualities formed in secondary school; broaden and elevate the requirements for quality development with specific manifestations: be courageous, distinct, having ideals and ambitions, able to preserve and promote Vietnamese cultural values; having a spirit of integration and global citizenship awareness.

- Continue to develop competencies formed in secondary school with higher requirements:

+ Understand both the explicit and implicit content of various texts with greater difficulty in terms of volume, content, and reading demands.

+ Develop critical thinking skills in reading comprehension.

+ Apply knowledge of literary language features, literary trends and movements, author styles, works, internal and external text factors to develop independent reading competence.

+ Write argumentative and comprehensive explanatory texts proficiently (combining expressive modes and argumentative techniques), following the standard procedure, with personal opinions, ensuring logic and persuasiveness.

+ Speak and listen flexibly; be able to listen to and evaluate the content as well as the expressive form of presentations.

+ Have personal opinions, distinctiveness, and a suitable debate attitude in discussions.

- Develop literary abilities with the requirement to:

+ Differentiate between literary works and other artistic forms.

+ Analyze and comment on the characteristics of literary language.

+ Distinguish between what is expressed and what is to be expressed in literature.

+ Identify and analyze, and appreciate literary works based on literary style characteristics.

+ Possess a rich imagination, know how to enjoy, receive, and evaluate literature.

+ Create works with literary value.