Cambridge, the seat of the famous Cambridge University in Britain. 1June 920 to1October 1922, the poet studied here. The Cambridge period was a turning point in Xu Zhimo's life. The poet wrote in Tiger? The preface was written by director Chen: before the age of 24, his interest in poetry was far less than that in relativity or civil contract theory. It was the He Kang River that opened the poet's soul and awakened his long-dormant fate. So he later said with deep affection, "Cambridge taught me to broaden my horizons. My thirst for knowledge was aroused by Cambridge, and my self-awareness was given to me by Cambridge."
1928, the poet revisited his old place. 1On October 6th, he wrote this masterpiece on his way home from Nanhai. This poem was first published in1February, 928, New Moon Monthly, Volume 10, and later included in Tiger Collection. It can be said that "Cambridge complex" runs through Xu Zhimo's poems all his life. Farewell to Cambridge is undoubtedly the most famous one.
Xu Zhimo came to Cambridge three times.
The first time was from 192 1 to 1922. He came to Cambridge University from America for further study. During the study, the bourgeois outlook on life and literature and art were formed. His simple belief in love, beauty and freedom gave birth to his social ideal. In other words, the British civilization embodied in Cambridge formed the ideal of Cambridge that he yearned for. He regards Cambridge as his "source of life" and "hometown of spiritual attachment". My interest has also turned to literature, and I like writing poems. After returning home, he wrote a poem "Goodbye Cambridge".
I revisited my old place for the second time in April, 1925, and wrote the essay "Cambridge as I Know it" after returning to China.
The third time was in August of 1928, and I wrote farewell to Cambridge.
The poet's feelings when he left Cambridge three times were also quite different. The first time he was attached to Cambridge, he felt very different when he left Cambridge for the third time, because after returning home, the imperialist aggression and the old China ruled by warlords made him feel the disillusionment of Cambridge idealism, so that "pure faith flowed into the decadence of doubt". So in Farewell to Cambridge, I can't find the kind of eager attachment when I wrote Farewell to Cambridge. Although he also sang the beauty of He Kang, he showed his lonely feelings more. With a touching and mournful style, the poet skillfully reveals his infinite sadness caused by the disillusionment of "Cambridge Dreamland".
Xu Zhimo is a representative poet of "Crescent School". He pays attention to thinking in images, and advocates expressing the true feelings by enriching the unique artistic images with the poet's inner feelings, so as to create poetic artistic conception and achieve the artistic realm of blending scenes.
Farewell to Cambridge is about the sadness of the poet's parting, and the outstanding feeling is the word "farewell". The "field" that poetry pays attention to is He Kanghe in Cambridge. He keenly grasped the concrete images such as "golden willow", "green grass", "sparkling", "clear spring", "rainbow" and "magnificent", and outlined the landscape of He Kanghe from near to far and from top to bottom. The memory of "Supporting the Pole" is a sad and helpless "dream-chasing" association after the poet feels disillusioned. Poetry skillfully integrates atmosphere, feelings and scenes, creating an intriguing artistic conception, euphemistically and implicitly revealing the sadness of parting, making the poem light and soft, with a helpless dreamy artistic conception.
Conversation is poetry, action is poetry, life is poetry, the meaning of poetry has penetrated, and it has its own paradise; You can die by boat, by car, lying in a cubicle, and you don't have to be afraid of the road if you die accidentally.
Xu Zhimo left too much controversy for people. His thoughts of western freedom and democracy are intertwined with those of eastern literature, which makes future generations interpret him from more angles.
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