A Small Rat in Prison
Liu-xiaobo
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A Small Rat in Prison by Liu Xiaobo
Release Date
Wed May 26 1999
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Annotation #3
For the first annotation of this poem, I wanted to focus on the first two lines of the first stanza. A small rat, clearly relates the author to himself. I do see a theme with this poem and the other poem I annotated of Xiaobo’s called “Longing to Escape”. The author always seems to pre...
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A Small Rat in Prison Annotated
a small rat passes through the iron bars
paces back and forth on the window ledge
the peeling walls are watching him
the blood-filled mosquitoes are watching him
he even draws the moon from the sky, silver
shadow casts down
beauty, as if in flight
a very gentryman the rat tonight
doesn’t eat nor drink nor grind his teeth
as he stares with his sly bright eyes
strolling in the moonlight
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When did Liu-xiaobo release A Small Rat in Prison?
Liu-xiaobo released A Small Rat in Prison on Wed May 26 1999.