I love this land. Which poems does Ai Qing choose from?

I love this land, which is selected from 1942 Cultural Life Publishing House. The poem "I love this land" is an excellent work refined by Ai Qing after many rewrites. In the poem, the artistic means of constantly strengthening his feelings and the virtual means of "If I were a bird" are used to express the growing patriotic passion.

The poet directly transforms deep affection into a series of images such as land, river, wind and dawn, and endows these images with special attributes such as sadness, anger and softness, thus making the images concrete.

The Creative Skills of I Love This Land

Different from other poets' works, Ai Qing did not express his inner feelings simply and intuitively, but shouted out his desire and pursuit of freedom. But through "giving up freedom" and finally "realizing freedom" to compress and restrain his passion for generate at once, and make his attachment and love for his home country more profound and firm at a deeper level.