Thank you for the added explanation. I enjoy how these poems are rooted in the authors' history and the landscape around them. I know that translations are difficult and one loses some meaning in the process. These poems were probably meant to be read aloud, so there's the added complexity of sound and pronunciation.
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You are right. These ancient Chinese poems are apt for reading aloud. Most of quatrains were written in rhyming and antithesis. I always feel it is absolutely a good way for foreigners to learn Chinese by starting with them.
True, it is interesting to enjoy how the poems are rooted in the authors's history, thus we can transcend time and space gladly.