Why do people need sleep? There are many explanations for this, such as "sleep is a human physiological need", "sleep can eliminate fatigue" and "sleep can regulate human physiological functions" and so on. However, for poetry, such an answer is too "physiological". Poetry is metaphysical, and poets don't care much about matter and its state. They are born "psychologists" and have no theoretical dogma. Why do people need sleep? This may be a physiological need for him to escape from normal life. Didn't Freud think that forgetting and clerical errors are also some kind of escape or taboo to reality?
What does the poet want to avoid? It's a "rainy night", or more accurately, a cruel and violent scene of "rainy night"
You see, thunder and lightning, dark clouds swept away the beautiful stars and moons; The wind roared, desperately destroying the "fragile branches", the wind roared fiercely like a beast, and the rain sounded like a sad moan from the world. ...
At this time, the poet had a request to sleep. He wants to reduce the psychological burden of "rainy night" by "falling asleep".
Besides, this is not the kind of unconscious sleep. The poet not only wants to leave this world, but also needs to enter another new world, and "avoidance" produces "creation", so the value of "dream" appears. The poet "must hold him forever and never let him go", and even gouged out his heart to "give him as a gift", all expressed his desire for dreams. "The content of a dream lies in the realization of a wish, and its motivation lies in a certain wish." (Freudianism) It is conceivable that the world in the poet's dream will be beautiful and peaceful, in sharp contrast to the reality of "fierceness" and "sadness".
In fact, where does the poet want to avoid the "rainy night"? He just had some associations with real life because of the scene of Rainy Night.
In Rainy Night, there are two things with great disparity in strength: wind, rain, lightning and branches. Wind, rain, thunder and electricity are all fierce and arrogant, but the branches are so weak and helpless. The only thing it can do is to "avoid" and "twist" piteously, but it doesn't help after all. It is easy to think of the struggle in the life world. The weak didn't attack, he just wanted to be free, but the storm of fate would never be lenient because of his "weakness". Under the sudden attack of the tyrant, the weak are doomed. Wen Yiduo, a young man who has just stepped into the metropolis from a quiet and harmonious rural family to survive, obviously deeply understands the pain of helplessness, realizes his inner "weakness" from time to time, and is instinctively sensitive to the danger of life. Both experiences are in his mind. On such a rainy night, the plundering of nature appeared in front of the poet, so his usual life experience naturally emerged. Nature corresponds to society, and the poet crouches under the sky of lightning and thunder, becoming weaker and more lonely, like creaking and shaking branches.
In Thunderstorm, it is a young man's fear and doubt about the vast world and the long journey of life.
Then, sleep and dream. Have a youthful dream. Isn't he keen on the artistic ideal of aestheticism Perhaps, that pure and beautiful world will rise in a dream. But the poet seems to understand that this "best friend" is erratic after all and is not manipulated by subjective will, so he is so persistent and swears with tears: "Don't let him go"!
On the one hand, it shows the violent scene of life, on the other hand, it is uncertain begging. After all, shock is hard to hide, and the dream on the other side will only disappear because of rational pursuit. What a difficult night it is! The poet was threatened and oppressed, and also experienced the bitterness of mental tossing. At dawn, "the wind is still moaning in the tree", and the dawn stung his relaxed and tired eyes. He failed to avoid the world in his sleep and create the world in his dream.
Days always belong to those who are in a hurry and those who are dissatisfied with worldly desires. No matter for anyone, this day itself is a great encouragement and a kind of agitation. Therefore, when the dawn came to the earth, the poet seemed to be excited from the anxiety of insomnia, and the strong enterprising desire and fighting will of young people proudly rose. As a result, a "qualitative" revolution took place in the depths of thought: "Oh"! I really hate it. /Does a fake have no dignity? "The cruelty in the arena of life is the' truth' of this world, and the beautiful dream is a false fantasy. Whether you like it or not, whether you bear it or not, "cruelty" is always an unchangeable fact. For every life that yearns for development, you should face it bravely, face it squarely, and finally muster all your strength to overcome it. There is no other choice! Leave your doubts and timidity to the long night, waiting for your high spirits during the day. If the "real" world is abandoned by you, then the "false" world may not come, and you will eventually have nothing. Fate always favors those who work hard.
It can be said that it is the tradition of China's classical poetry to express his feelings about real life through natural wind, frost, rain and snow. China poets seek the reflection of self-existence in the images of nature. Rainy Night describes "rainy night", describes the poet's insomnia and expresses his basic attitude towards survival. However, it is worth noting that in this cognitive development process, the poet's self-denial spirit is full. He shows his desire to escape from reality, but it reflects his unavoidable pursuit. Only from here, I feel as if I have surpassed the ideological realm of China's traditional poets. China's classical poets have sharp minds, deep feelings about the world and magnificent life ideals, but they often indulge in dreams beyond reality and never deny their courage.