Love for the motherland should transcend national boundaries and nationalities, which is an eternal theme in the history of Chinese and foreign literature. Let's look to another country in the north of the motherland, where there are white snow and boundless birch forests, and there are melancholy melodies floating in the air, where this eternal theme can be better interpreted than anywhere else. There is a poetess, Akhmatova, who is known as the moon in the sky of Russian poetry. But the soft and quiet hue of moonlight does not belong to her fate! Her life was bumpy, and it was only in her later years that the clouds dispersed, but in her poems, there was no self-pity. What makes her rise is still her love for the motherland sublimated from suffering: "No, neither under the foreign sky nor under the eggs of others." I am with my people and they have suffered misfortune. "
Secondly, the author introduces:
Akhmatova (1889- 1966) is one of the few outstanding Soviet female poets in the 20th century. UNESCO once designated her centenary birthday as the year of Akhmatova. In memory of this "master of poetic language" who "brought people into a better world". Some people call Pushkin the "sun" of Russian poetry, while others compare Akhmatova to the "moon" of Russian poetry. However, she suffered a lot during the Soviet period and was a witness and victim of the "great cleansing" movement. Because his poems were not revolutionary, they were denounced by Soviet leaders as "sluts and nuns mixed with filth and prayer". The marriage broke down, her ex-husband was shot for "counter-revolutionary rebellion", her son was imprisoned twice, and the poetess was almost involved for life because of her ex-husband. Later, she was repeatedly criticized in the literary world and her works were banned from publication.
Her creative activities spanned the first half of the 20th century, and her poetic style was obviously divided into two periods: in the early period, her works were pure, clear and concise, and her representative works included Dusk, the rosary, Bai Niao Flying in Groups and so on. In the later period, the poetic world was wide open, with rich and varied styles and themes. His representative works include Requiem and Long Poems Without the Leading Role. Her sensitivity to the faint melody of history and sympathy for the sufferings of thousands of people in Qian Qian make her well-deserved among the first-class poets.
Third, reading the text, the overall perception:
This is a sonnet, the first eight lines are generally statements, the last four lines are answers, and the last two lines are turning points, pointing out the theme of loving Russian land all my life.
About English Sonnets:
Sonnets, also known as Shakespeare's sonnets, consist of three verses and two lines of antithesis. Generally, the rhyming methods are abab, cdcd, efef and gg. This style of poetry has appropriate stanzas and is an excellent form to express complex emotions. Because it is short and pithy, and its rhyme is rigorous, the poet is required to have high artistic skills. Generally speaking, the first eight lines tend to state problems, situations or events, the last six lines get answers, and the last antithesis often has the meaning of epigrams. This poem by Akhmatova belongs to this Shakespeare style, and its rhythm is also complicated and changeable. The first eight acts are iambic 4-6 steps, and the last six acts are iambic 3-4 steps. The so-called iambic (light and heavy case) refers to the light reading of the first syllable and the second syllable in each step.