semen plantaginis
I, on a blank sheet of paper,
White paper-nothing,
With three crayons,
Painting one by one,
Draw three lines,
Without a ruler,
The line is crooked.
The adults said:
Red, yellow and blue,
It's three primary colors,
Three straight lines,
It symbolizes three roads.
I don't understand,
And according to your own preferences,
Draw three circles.
I want to draw the roundest picture.
Appreciation: In the poem, a child tells himself:
I, on white paper/white paper … have nothing/draw a line with three crayons/draw three lines/have no ruler/crooked lines.
This is a common way for children to play, that's all, but:
Adults say (he is very big):/red, yellow and blue/are three primary colors/three straight lines/symbolize three roads.
Here, "adults" simply give so much meaning to children's meaningless games, and it is ironic to imagine simplicity as complexity. So the child said:
... we don't understand (what are we talking about? )/I drew three circles according to my preference/I want to draw the roundest circle.
This poem affirms that the simplified method used by children reflects the gap between the two generations and is a generation gap. When "adults" bring up children with old ideas, children lose the ability to understand the world. Because the world is open only to children. Those modern poems are not written for children, but they have special charm because they use children's eyes and follow the principle of simplification for children.