From the poem "A Generation" by Gu Cheng
1. Original text
A Generation
The night gave me black eyes,< /p>
I use it to find light.
2. Notes
Generation: refers to people who grew up during the historical stage of the Cultural Revolution.
Dark Night: Alluding to the Cultural Revolution political movement from 1966 to 1976.
3. Author
Extended information on Gu Cheng
1. Appreciation
There are only two sentences in the whole poem, and the images appearing in the poem are all It is an extremely common phenomenon in daily life: night, eyes, light. Because of this, this poem has a thoughtful charm. The novel combination of the two sentences and the seemingly contradictory twist contain wonderful rationality.
The poet gave this poem with only two sentences a grand and intriguing title: a generation. But the content of the poem seems to point to two generations: it is not only a summary and reflection of the previous generation, but also a call and positioning for the next generation.
This poem also fully embodies the artistic characteristics of Gu Cheng's poetry in terms of artistic techniques and is unique in its image structure. The poet uses images that are closely related to his feelings in life, and uses unexpected combinations to express his fresh experience of the world, life, and life.
He also tried his best to use clear and simple words and sentences to express his inner feelings to avoid the contamination of the language of poetry by being obscure and difficult to understand.
These two short poems summarize the psychological journey of a generation, expressing the denial of dark politics and the yearning and pursuit of light. This poem is a powerful proof that poetry is the quintessence of art. Its highly condensed ideological content and highly purified artistic expression give it strength and capacity that novels, prose and other literary styles cannot have.
2. About the author
Gu Cheng (1956-1993), male, originally from Shanghai, was born in a family of poets in Beijing on September 24, 1956. He is an important representative of the Chinese Misty Poetry School. , known as the contemporary "spiritual romantic" poet. Gu Cheng has high attainments in new poetry, old-style poetry and allegorical poetry. The line "The night gave me black eyes/I use them to find light" in his "Generation" has become a classic line of new Chinese poetry.
Gu Cheng began his writing career at the age of 17 and contributed articles to various newspapers and magazines. In 1987, he began to travel to Europe for cultural exchanges. In 1988, he lived in seclusion in Waiheke Island, New Zealand, and lived a self-sufficient life. On October 8, 1993, due to a marriage dispute at his residence in New Zealand, he injured his wife Xie Ye with an ax and then hanged himself in a big tree. Xie Ye subsequently died from his injuries.
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