1. Capturing and creating the image of poetry
(1) Writing poetry using image thinking
Writing poetry requires using image thinking. The so-called thinking with images first refers to the need to experience life vividly when going deep into life, to experience life, observe life and analyze life vividly.
To think in images, one must be good at capturing images on the basis of image feelings. Ai Qing pointed out: "The activity of image thinking is to fix all the things that are difficult to capture and all the erratic things, and present them clearly in front of the reader, as clear as an imprint on paper." Therefore, he said: "Writing poetry People often look for images to express a concept. "If you can capture novel images, you will have the material to write poems." So how do you capture the image? It depends on inspiration. Mayakovsky gave an example of capturing images: around 1913, he returned to Moscow from Saratov. In order to express to a woman who was traveling with him on the train that he had no evil thoughts towards her, the poet said: "I am not a man, but a cloud wearing trousers." After saying this sentence, he immediately considered that it could be incorporated into poetry - but he was also worried that this sentence would be wasted in vain if it was spread orally. What to do? He was very anxious. For almost half an hour, the poet asked the girl many questions. He was not relieved until he believed that his words had flown out of the girl's other ear. Two years later, he used "Clouds in Trousers" as the title of a long poem.
(2) Poetry is "the expression of imagination" Shelley: "Generally speaking, poetry can be interpreted as 'the expression of imagination'." Braithlett: "Poetry is the language of imagination and passion "Ai Qing said: "There is no poetry without imagination." "The most important talent of a poet is to use imagination." The imagination of poets is different from that of scientists. Poetry is a science that is mostly limited in terms of literary rhythm, but is extremely free in other aspects and has a relationship with imagination. Because imagination is not bound by material laws, it can unite things that are naturally separated and separate things that are united at will. This results in illegitimate spouses and divorce. Poetry transforms everything it touches. Andersen wrote in his fairy tale "Creation": A young man who loved to write poems was distressed because he could not write good poems, so he went to find a witch. The witch put on his glasses and installed the receiver, and he heard the potatoes singing about the history of their family, the wild plum trees telling stories, and the crowd spinning one story after another. What is actually said here is that to be a poet, it is not enough to rely on ordinary people’s hearing. You must also have the poet’s deformed glasses and earpiece. Therefore, when we write poetry, we must observe the characteristics of life very accurately, and at the same time, we must not lack the courage to change these characteristics. Due to their deformation, poetic images often have symbolic meanings. For example, Zang Ke's "Old Horse":
You have to ask the cart to load enough, now you don't know what your fate will be next,
It doesn't say a word, it only has tears. Swallow it to the heart,
The pressure on the back presses into the flesh, a whip shadow floats in the eyes,
It hangs its head heavily! It raised its head and looked ahead.
What is written here is not just a poor old horse, but mainly the spirit of the northern farmers in the 1930s who endured humiliation and perseverance. "Old horse" is a symbolic image.
(3) Creation of poetic images Creating images is “looking for the objective counterpart of thoughts. There are many specific methods, such as: transformation of virtuality and reality; transformation of people and things; transformation of things and things; transformation of internal and external ;Transformation between big and small; transformation between far and near; transformation between less and more; transformation between part and whole; transformation between history and reality; transformation between reality and future, etc.
What needs to be emphasized is: the image of the poet in the poem and the transformation of the whole. Scenery and images serve to express emotions, emotions, and tastes. The emotion of poetry is more important than the imagery. To pile up images indiscriminately without lyrical needs will only damage the poetry.
2. Perform poetry skillfully. Conception
(1) Inspiration of poetry
Conception is the most important stage in the process of poetry creation. What causes conception? The simple answer is: the impulse to create - inspiration.
The so-called inspiration is nothing more than the poet's sudden excitement about things, and the flash of the soul that disappears. The so-called inspiration is the most pleasant encounter between the poet's subjective world and the objective world. .
(2) The conception of the poem
As for the content of the conception of the poem, first of all, we can immediately consider the content that is suitable for the conception of the poem. Natural things are excluded, at least to a relative extent. The unique objects or themes of poetry are not the sun, forests, mountains and rivers, or human appearance, such as blood, veins, muscles, etc., but spiritual interests. . Even though poetry also resorts to perceptual observation and vivid description, even in this aspect, poetry is still a spiritual activity, which only works to provide inner observation. What is the way of poetry? The way of conception is inner experience.
The process of poetry conception includes the following contents:
(1) Refining poetry is to find unique feelings that show general feelings. Look for the specific feelings that express the same feelings.
(2) Choose an angle.
You should choose the right angle to express your poetry. Generally speaking, there are two major angles. One is to express one's heart directly. The poet stands directly to express his emotions. When writing poems from this angle, one should avoid being vague and create a distinct and personalized image of the poet, otherwise it will be easy to be explicit. Another angle is symbolic sustenance, borrowing objects to express feelings, borrowing people to express feelings, and borrowing scenes to express feelings.
(3) Layout and planning. How to write the beginning and end of the poem, and how to form an organic whole between the various parts, need to be carefully considered. This requires me to think about what I use to connect the poems together in this poem. Generally, lyric poems are always run through the changing levels of emotions (feelings).
(4) Refine your language. Language is the most important factor in the performance of poetry. It is extremely important in the process of conception, which is a long and repeated process
When writing poetry, you should pay attention to the skills of poetry conception.
Without new ideas or new creations, don’t write anything