Youth is a modern poem written by Xi Murong. The poet compares youth with books in an ingenious way, writing that youth is worth cherishing, and that youth is perishable and difficult to preserve, which shows the poet's infinite attachment to youth.
After "Youth", it was selected as the text in the textbooks such as "High School Chinese Reader" published by Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House and "College Chinese" published by the Second Military Medical University.
The whole poem is as follows:
All the endings have been written,
All the tears came out,
But suddenly I forgot how it started,
On that ancient summer day that is gone forever.
No matter how hard I pursue it,
Young you float like a cloud,
Your smiling face is very shallow,
Gradually disappeared into the mist after sunset.
Then I opened the yellow title page,
Fate binds it tightly,
I watched it again and again with tears in my eyes.
But I have to admit,
Youth is a book that is too hasty.
Extended data
Xi Murong's poetic language is elegant and beautiful, and his love poems such as A Flowering Tree and Lotus Heart are full of deep feelings. So is her "youth". There is a sigh for the lost youth in the poem, but it is not sad but quiet and peaceful, just like recalling the bustling music on the stage alone after dusk, with all kinds of subtle sweetness and sadness.
The first sentence of the poem, "All endings have been written"-the journey of life is almost over, and the prospect will not change; "All the tears have set out"-all the tears that should have been left have flowed away, and the taste of life has been tasted. There will be no more joys and sorrows that are not satisfied with hope. Youth is gone, and now it is a memory.
Poetry focuses infinite memories on that "summer", which is a subtle choice. Because summer is the warmest, and the warm summer in fiery youth is naturally the most unforgettable. But it has "never come back" and is far away from now.
The "you" in the second paragraph does not refer to the second person, but refers to the "I" in youth, and "you are just passing through the clouds"-the youth years are very short and hasty.
"Your smiling face is extremely shallow"-"I" didn't fully enjoy the joy of youth at that time, and "you" has gradually disappeared in the gloomy backward group and lost in confusion, thus ending youth, and the poem is full of long regrets.
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