It's difficult to imagine that as an expression of genuine grief over the death of a genuinely close friend would take the form of a poem so learned, so filled with remote literary allusions and obscure opinions.

这首诗是为表达对挚友逝去的真挚悲痛,却采取了这样一种如此博学，如此充满,遥远的幻境和隐晦的观点的形式,这确实是难以想象的。

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