A Brief Analysis of Tagore s Paper Boat;
1, full text
Balkos de Paper
Tagore
I put the paper boats one by one in the swift stream every day.
I wrote my name and the name of the village where I lived in big black letters on the paper boat.
I hope people living in different places can get this paper boat and know who I am.
I put the beautiful flowers growing in the garden on my boat.
I hope these dawn flowers can be safely brought to the shore at night.
I threw the paper boat into the water and looked up at the sky.
I saw a small cloud covered with white sails of the wind.
I wonder what my playmates are in the sky. Put these boats down and race with me!
When night came, my face was buried in my arm,
I dreamed that my boat was floating slowly under the midnight starlight.
The sleeping fairy sat on the boat with a basket full of dreams.
2. Analysis of paper boats
The poem "Paper Boat" is selected from Tagore's "Crescent Moon Collection". The works in this collection all describe a child's discovery and perception of the world and nature, and the childlike interest and innocence presented in it are poetic. The 1~3 sentences in this poem describe children's longing for distance, communication and mystery. In the poem, "I" will be "my name" and "I want people in different places to know who I am. This childish behavior shows the child's unique psychological logic. The author grasped this move of "I" and presented a small heart skillfully. Pay special attention to the word "everyday" in the first sentence, indicating that this kind of behavior is not accidental, but often done, from which we can see how deep the longing and yearning for "I" is. Through children's childlike yearning, the author wrote the innocent and lovely place of the little hero "I". He carried Li Xiuhua, who grew up in the garden, on the boat and watched them drift away slowly, hoping that the paper boat could bring Li Xiuhua safely to the shore at night. This simple and impossible wish expresses my concern and treasure for these flowers. In my eyes, flowers are not only flowers, but also flowers. It needs careful care, "I" hope it can come back safely, and the four common words "safe and sound" have a deeper meaning here, which makes people see the little hero's special love for flowers and his unique way of caring. This idea of biological equality is related to Tagore's thought and children's unique thinking logic, and the poet described it delicately with a pure heart. Let's relive our childhood of communicating with everything. Then "I" looked up at the sky and saw the little clouds in the sky, which had a wonderful association: "I" regarded the little clouds in the sky as white sails floating in the wind, and the strangest thing was that "I" imagined that there were playmates in the sky to put them in the river to compete with my paper boat. This kind of imagination is beautiful and fantastic, which accords with children's curiosity and makes the mysterious world in the sky. At this moment, the sky and the earth have narrowed the distance, and the sky, water and white clouds are intertwined, and "I" is intoxicated in it, forming a beautiful and moving picture. This is a unique artistic realm and a space where readers' imagination can fly freely. The seventh to eighth sentences of the poem are about my dream. At this time, Xiaojie has fallen asleep, her face buried in her arm, but she is slowly drifting forward under the midnight starlight, while the sleeping fairy is sitting on the "I" paper boat with a basket full of dreams. Here we see the dream in the dream, and the poet turned a turning point here. The dream in this dream is in the basket and left with the sleeping fairy in a paper boat. Where are they going? "I" didn't say it, nor did the poet point it out, but what matters may not be where I want to go, but this yearning for where I want to go. This is a child's fantasy, which symbolizes his little heart's desire for growth and his curiosity and yearning for the distant world. The whole poem ends here, expressing the author's silent blessing to this young and innocent heart. The whole poem creates an innocent child image for us. Expressed the theme of love and beauty that the author has been paying attention to. The pure expression of pure mind can awaken the warmth in readers' hearts. An image that runs through the poem is a paper boat. The whole poem begins with a paper boat and ends with seeing it in a dream. There are scenes and associations in the middle. The paper boat is not only a small sustenance of the little hero, but also a metaphor of the media leading to the outside world and the future. It is in the connection with the paper boat that the little hero shows his curiosity and innocence. The whole poem is natural, simple and beautiful, with the style of pastoral poetry. This can also be realized from some images used in the poem, such as streams, villages, gardens, beautiful flowers and so on. These images, natural or close to nature, create an unpretentious atmosphere for the whole poem, which is different from the innocent little hero and paper. The theme stands out in harmony. The form of this poem is not metrical, but prose, which makes the expression of this poem more free, but it is not lacking in poetry. In fact, in every sentence, there is an inherent rhythm and rhythm between sentences, which naturally blends with the images and themes to be expressed, making this well-known poem. "