The Significance of the Fourth Stage of Ai Qing's Selected Poems

The artistic conception of the fourth issue of Ai Qing's Selected Poems is "The Song of Returning". This stage is from 1978 to 1996, represented by the poetry collection Song of Return. The poems of this period expressed Ai Qing's yearning and ardent pursuit of an ideal and beautiful life, his hatred of darkness, his praise and yearning for light, his attachment to material poverty but spiritual abundance, his praise of the people, his praise of light and his reflection on life. On the basis of maintaining the previous style, the poetry at this stage pays more attention to rational excavation, so it is more concise and profound.