Pawn Shop
Chu – Hsiang (1904 – 1933)
THE PAWNSHOP
Beauty runs a pawnshop,
Accepting only the hearts of men.
When the time comes for them to redeem their belongings,
She has already closed the door.
Kai-yu Hsu
World Poetry: An anthology of verse from antiquity to our time: - Katharine Washburn & John S. Major (1998 QBP club)
"The pawnshop" represents many things to me. Perhaps a timeless event such as wanting what one can't have and searching for a way to obtain it, a woman who can lure a man into anything with simple suggestion. On the other hand, the writer could be speaking, in fact, of just a pawnshop. The pawnshop metaphor embraces the reader to interpret their views within the reading of the poem.
"The Pawnshop" is only four lines long, yet speaks not only of a timeless subject but with volumes of feeling. I believe this is one of the best examples of implied metaphor I have come across. With the opening line "Beauty runs a pawnshop," and the last line......
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