The poem is divided into five sections. The first node presents the theme of homesickness. In the second and third sections, eight natural images, orange blossom, oleander, fragrance, night sky, flowing water, rose, fallen flower and bay, strongly render the sweet and quiet scenery of Sicily, and entrust the poet with deep affection. The fourth section, lyric activities return to the subjective emotional world of lyric subject from the external scenery. The poet should respond to the call from the deep heart, the hometown is like a dream, and the word "vaguely" tells the truth. Is it childhood or love that makes people so yearning and so melancholy? Let's just say, it's all the good times that have passed away, and it's all my hometown that I miss from afar. The distance between time and space endows the poet's fugue with a trance-like color. The distance between time and space not only blurs the object of nostalgia, but also strengthens the intensity of nostalgia. The past is like smoke, drifting away, I can't stay! Hometown is treasured in memory, and the memory of hometown has become precious now. "I quickly dived in/couldn't get away from the past. .
"Island" is the dominant image in quasimodo's poems. The "island" in reality refers to Xili Island, the hometown of the poet. He himself once said: "In the last attempt to reconcile the outside world with the creation of lyric poetry, the word island and Sicily are the same." Sicily, the poet's hometown, is a charming island. There are olive trees whispering in the breeze, oleander flowers blooming all over the mountains, ancient Greek columns visible in the grass, and the sad breeze blowing from the sea and the mysterious sadness soaked in the breeze ... The poem "Island" reflects the poet's infinite yearning and nostalgia for his hometown Sicily.
Poetry is the creation of imagination, and appreciating poetry should also be the creative process of imagination. A poem can contain different levels and depths of meaning, and appreciation activities should explore these meanings layer by layer, so that the whole soul can be immersed in the poetic world. The poem Island shows the poet's nostalgia for his hometown Sicily in a shallow sense. However, if we pursue a deeper symbolic meaning, the theme of this poem will have a universal meaning. In each of us, there is an island or hometown that we will always miss. Maybe the poet does. "Island" is not only a specific geographical island, but also a symbol of an ideal that people yearn for. Trivial reality nibbles at our life bit by bit. Everything we encounter in the passage of time is destroying our spiritual yearning. Then, the world left to us is only the past. However, going back to the past can be a poem, but it will never become a reality. What can be achieved is accompanied by emotional excitement and excitement, while what cannot be achieved will arouse endless sadness, so the poet said, "How can my love for you not make me sad?"
The yearning for return is illusory, but the illusion itself is not meaningless, it is a denial of reality. Each of us needs a spiritual home. If a person's hometown is a simple childhood world, then the spiritual hometown of human beings is human childhood and a harmonious natural world. Careful readers will notice that the hometown images evoked by the poet's homesickness are all natural images. Only the eternal nature is the destination and comfort of human spirit.
"Island" has archetypal significance in this poem. Will arouse the universal voice of mankind after thousands of years in Qian Shan. In addition to the yearning for the real hometown, there is also a deep yearning for the spiritual hometown.