On behalf of the highest achievement in the founding period of new poetry, it is Guo Moruo, the main commander of the creation society and a romantic poet. The deepening of various social contradictions during the May 4th Movement aroused the awakening of advanced elements. The vast number of young people who are depressed because of dissatisfaction with the status quo are eager to find ways to express their demands for individual liberation by erupting passion.
It is against this background that a group of poets seek inspiration and strength from romantic poems in Europe and America. They exposed the darkness of feudalism in their ideal vision. As a rebel of the old order, a generation loyal to their enthusiasm and ideals naturally accepted romanticism in thought and used it as an artistic principle to guide their creation.
This is the reason why a group of creative poets represented by Guo Moruo admire romanticism. Most of the poems of Guo Moruo's masterpiece Goddess are written in 1920. His creation conveys the spirit of the May 4th Movement with lyrical images of flying and whistling.
He abandoned the poet's graceful interest in the short poem movement and created a bold poetic style with rich tone, fast melody and all-encompassing and informal style. He is keenly aware of the requirements of the times, and his poems are full of the dynamic spirit of the 20th century. The basic spirit of the goddess lies in creation, seeking the birth of a new self in the old destruction.
The image of self-immolation phoenix in Guo Moruo's works embodies the consciousness of criticism and struggle against the old world, and also symbolizes the era of creation and pursuit of light. Guo Moruo also pursues the integration of modern western civilization and ancient oriental cultural traditions. Many works in Goddess express the ancient myth tradition of modern spirit in the form of new poems.
It is not only related to the struggle consciousness in the new century, but also consistent with China's historical civilization, especially the May 4th spirit. He introduced the vocabulary of social science and natural science into new poetry, enriching and completing the transformation and renewal of modern images in new poetry. After Goddess, Guo Moruo wrote such poems as Starry Sky, Qianfeng and Restoration.