Clever Use of Symbol, Irony and Metaphor in Wen Yiduo's Dead Water

Corresponding to living water, it refers to water that cannot flow. Mr. Wen Yiduo once wrote a poem "Dead Water" to express his disgust at the notification environment at that time. Dead Water is a poem that best represents Wen Yiduo's thought and artistic style. Wen Yiduo is an important poet, scholar and revolutionary fighter in the history of modern literature in China. His poems mainly include Red Candle and Still Water. Although these two poems are the products of different stages of Wen Yiduo's thought and artistic style development, there is a red line of patriotism running through them.

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Wen Yiduo of stagnant water

This is a backwater of despair,

The breeze can't blow the slightest (yι).

Why don't you throw more rubbish,

Throw out your leftovers.

Maybe copper will turn green into jade,

A few rusty peach petals on the tin can;

Let greasy weave a layer of Luo Qi,

Mold steamed some clouds for him.

Let the stagnant water ferment into a ditch of green wine,

Filled with pearly foam;

Little Pearl smiled and became a big one.

I was bitten by a flower mosquito who stole wine again.

A desperate backwater ditch,

And a little image.

If frogs can't stand loneliness,

Dead water again. It is singing.

This is a backwater of despair,

This is definitely not the beauty,

Why don't we leave it to ugliness to cultivate,

See what kind of world it has created.

Make an appreciative comment

The brushwork of stagnant water is spicy and delicate.

First of all, irony is often used, that is, beautiful and bright words are used to express the poet's extreme hatred, such as "turning green into jade", "rusting a few peaches" and "steaming a few clouds". The poet outlined the dark social reality in his own unique way and expressed his attitude of never cracking.

Secondly, as an advocate of metrical new poetry, the poet strives to practice metrical new poetry. The whole poem, * * * consists of five sections, with four sentences in each section and nine words in each sentence. It rhymes alternately and has a rhyme in each section. It is neat, catchy and full of charm.

It is the poet's ingenuity to write ugliness with vivid language and rigorous and harmonious rhythm, and then to enhance the criticism and denial of reality with carefully written ugliness.