This poem was written by Lin to her eldest son, Liang Congjie, expressing her incomparable love for her children and the hope and vitality of life she saw from her son.
As the most formal expression of poetry, the rhythm, rhythm and words of this poem are in a neutral state, without the gaudiness and sharpness of red, purple, pure black and pure white, and the voice is gentle and elegant, even charming and lazy; Eleven words "you" not only highlight the theme, but also play the role of "rhyme". In the process of poetry operation, every time the word "you" appears, it is like a node in the band performance, which highlights the direction of "I" in the form of "frequency". This is a deep combination of formal beauty and content beauty, and it is a subtle place that has not been studied and recognized by people.
Praising April is actually a dialogue with you. There is only one dash in the whole poem, which reads: "You are love, warmth and hope". What kind of hope? Connecting with Lin's knowledge background, we can see more clearly that behind the gorgeous picture of this poem, the rational expression is moderate and the writing is elegant, which fully embodies the noble atmosphere of English classical poetry.
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This poem was published in Wen Xue, Volume 1, Issue 1, April, 1934. There are two opinions about this poem: one is to mourn Xu Zhimo, and the other is to write for the birth of his son to express his hope for his son and the joy brought by his birth.
Mr. Liang Congjie said in "Suddenly April Day on Earth": "My father once told me that" You are April Day on Earth "was made for me by my mother in the joy after my birth, but my mother never told me about it herself." Mr. Liang's creative intention for this poem is very objective. Therefore, on the one hand, this poem is a love poem, written for Xu Zhimo who is already in heaven. On the other hand, Lin is a mother who has a strong maternal love for her children, and it is entirely possible to write such a lively poem for her children.
Author Lin (1904- 1955), formerly known as Minhou, Fujian, is an architect, writer and crescent poet. She is the first female architect in China, and also praised by Hu Shi as a talented woman in China. 1904 was born in a bureaucratic intellectual family in Minhou, Fujian. His father, Lin Changmin, who studied in Japan in his early years, is a new figure.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia: You are an April day on earth.