LI PO

LI PO'S LIFE

• Lived from 701-762
• Lived in the Tang Dynasty
• He belonged to the golden age of classical poetry
• Li Po and Tu Fu were fellow poets who wrote poetry in similiar ways
• He is also known Li Bai and he was on of the greatest poets who changed some ways of poetry!

LI PO'S POETRY

• Over one thousand of his poems still exist
• Some of his poems are "waking from drunkeness on a spring day"
• "The hard road to shi"
• "Alone and drinking under the moon"
• He enjoyed to write about pleasure, nature and joy, but is poems had also had a darkness to it

LI PO'S POETRY CONTINUED

• His style had playfulness, hyperbole and fantasy
• His poetry also showcased his unorthodox veiw on life

LI PO'S BELIEFS

• Li PO beliefs were of Daosim which his poetry reflected much of which was unorthodox in way.
• His beliefs was most of his inspiration for his poetry such as when he wrote about nature
• Most of his poems were of nature and that was a reflection of his religion.