What is the social background of Ai Qing's poem Ode to Light?

Its length is grand, its momentum is magnificent, and its feelings are deep and warm, which has aroused strong repercussions in the poetry circle. This magnificent masterpiece is the crystallization of the poet's thinking about history, life and society under the guidance of "light" in the past 20 years. It conveys his heartfelt wishes for creation after regaining his survival and creative motivation in the new period and entrusts his pursuit of light.

Ai Qing's poems describe the painful groans of the ravaged land and the gentle breath of moonlight like fog. Described the miserable years of farmers in arid land and cheered for the sun that brought light and warmth to the world. His life was full of ups and downs, even so, he never stopped pursuing the light. Light, like a colorful flag, always flutters in the sky of his poetry creation.

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The whole poem "Ode to Light" is divided into nine chapters, with in-depth content and broad vision. The superposition of popular natural images has aroused the poet's deep thought-"If we can't see anything, what should we do in the world?" It reveals the importance of "light" to the world and makes readers' hearts ring.

Light makes the world colorful, the hall resplendent, the marble warm and the painting vivid ... Yes, "art is lifeless without light" and "all beauty has light". After discovering the illusion of light, the poet continued to trace back to the source and revealed the mystery of light-"born of impact and friction."