"I love this land" original:
If I were a bird,
I should also sing with a hoarse throat:
This land hit by the storm,
This river of sadness and anger will surge forever,
This endless wind,
And the gentle dawn from the forest ...
And then I died,
Even feathers rot in the ground.
Why do I often cry?
Because I love this land deeply. ...
Appreciate "I love this land";
1, literary appreciation.
This poem begins with "if", which is abrupt, novel and thoughtful. The "bird" in the poem is a general term, and it is a * * * name. It is different from the cuckoo and partridge repeatedly sung by poets in past dynasties, and has a natural and special charm and significance, but it is entirely up to the author to pursue new art without relying on it. Moreover, the "hoarse throat" in the poem is quite different from the oriole, weeping cuckoo and soaring egret in the classical poetry. It is purely due to the influence of the tragic atmosphere in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, and it is also the affectionate expression of the special temperament and personality of this "sad poet" (the author claims to be).
The first sentence of this poem shows the author's sincere love for the land. In order to express his sincere and deep love for the land, the author imagines himself as a "bird", flying tirelessly all over the motherland forever. The whole poem presents a kind of "melancholy" emotional feature, which is a natural expression of deep love for the troubled motherland. It stems from the suffering of the nation, so it is particularly touching. There is a profound sense of hardship, a broad historical mind and a strong patriotic feeling here. This kind of melancholy is manifested in two points: First, it is strongly lyrical. This poem can be said to be a confession of the author. The author expresses his feelings for the land in a "direct" lyrical way. It is as serious as "oath", as solemn as "blood", very strong and shocking. The poet summed up the mission of "I" with four symbolic poems. These four poems have no specific reference, but they have expanded and deepened the connotation of this mission with more vivid and broader general reference. The land that the author loves deeply is experiencing a great historical struggle and great changes. The people are rising, the nation is awakening, and the "incomparably gentle dawn" is just around the corner ... As a bird, the author will sing for this great era. Second, realism and symbolism are intertwined. The author uses realism and symbolism to depict a group of vivid poetic images, and gives different symbolic and suggestive meanings to images such as "earth", "river", "wind" and "dawn" respectively. However, the author also has optimistic belief in the "dawn" of the motherland and made a wonderful description.
This poem constantly strengthens its feelings in a lyrical way, so as to strike a chord for a long time. This poem begins with "if", which is the first layer of reinforcement. Who doesn't know that the birds are clear and crisp? This poem is described as "hoarse", which is the second layer of reinforcement. It is not enough to have these two layers of reinforcement, so the objects of singing have appeared in the poem one after another: land, river, wind and dawn. It is particularly noteworthy that when describing these images, the author has reached the point where he is poor and full of enthusiasm, which fully embodies the artistic characteristics of this liberal poet. When writing poetry, most people avoid or use the word "de" less, because the word "de" is too much and slow, which dilutes the taste of poetry. The author Ai Qing is not. He dares to express his lingering feelings with a series of long sentences composed of the word "de", and likes to add a lot of adjectives and modifiers in front of the object he describes to express the spirit of the object and form a special three-dimensional sense and sculpture sense. This is an important feature that distinguishes Ai Qing's free verse creation from other free verse writers (such as Tian Ye). The poem "I Love This Land" is no exception. If you look at the modifiers such as "sadness", "fierceness" and "softness" specially added before the headwords such as land, river, wind and dawn, you can see the mystery. These long sentences describing landscapes such as land and rivers mentioned above can be said to be the third layer of reinforcement. Just when the author was impressed by his constant singing-tenacious vitality, the poem suddenly took a big turn. After the dash, it highlighted "I am dead" and made the body fertile. Thus, before and after death, there is a strong contrast, and in this strong contrast and contrast, the persistent love of the "bird" for the land is that it was born in Sri Lanka, sang in Sri Lanka, buried in Sri Lanka, and read here until death does us part.
2. Artistic features.
(1) is short and pithy.
Land is a vast image, and the poet chooses it as the object of lyricism and pour out, and its realm is extremely broad. However, these feelings are concentrated in 10 lines of poems, which have achieved excellent artistic effects. First of all, this is because the author did not write from the real place, but from the imaginary place. He did not directly write about his relationship with the land, but imagined himself as a "bird" and used the relationship between the bird and the land to expand the artistic realm of the whole poem, making the overall structure of the whole poem appear ingenious and natural. The word "bird" in poetry is just a general term, which is symbolic, unlike in ancient poetry (such as cuckoo and partridge). Singing with a hoarse throat is an eye-catching, gripping and thought-provoking poem, and it is also a unique highlight in the whole poem to deepen the author's feelings for the land. Originally, the bird was beautiful and crisp, and there was no "hoarse voice", but the author especially showed "singing with a hoarse throat", which was the tragic atmosphere at that time (in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War), the author's special personality and temperament, and the author's special expression needs. The aesthetic image produced by * * greatly enhances and strengthens the aesthetic expression of the image, from which we can feel that the author's love for the land is so persistent, loyal and tenacious: even in the face of such a land saturated with suffering, the author should love unconditionally and always do his best. Next, the author uses a montage-like close-up to introduce the objects he wants to sing in turn: land, river, wind and dawn. These are vast natural or cosmic images, which are dynamic and static, near and far, open and magnificent. Before Land, River, Wind and Dawn, the author deliberately added adjectives or modifiers with emotional color to transform them into symbolic and suggestive pictures. From the perspective of conception, the author still sticks to the virtual image of "bird" ("even feathers rot in the land"), symbolically expressing his strong feelings of being born, singing, buried and loyal to the land. At this point, the feelings of poetry reached a climax.
(2) Ingenious transformation to create another poetic realm.
Generally speaking, after the climax of poetry, it is difficult to express it again. If you don't write well, it will be difficult to continue, or gild the lily, or disjointed, or it will be difficult to bring up the rear area ... But the author skillfully broke a line, separated a line, made the necessary pause, began to skillfully change, created a new poetic scene, and wrote the end of two lines with outstanding images and feelings. There is a thrilling, unforgettable and chanting feeling.
First, the lyric perspective has changed. The first paragraph of the poem is to imagine from a virtual angle, that is, from the perspective of birds, showing the loyalty and love of birds to the land, which seems implicit; In the second section, it was changed to a realistic perspective, that is, from the author's own perspective, he wrote his "tearful eyes" and poured out his "deep" love for the land, which is a direct expression. In this way, the combination and correspondence of the virtual and the real creates an internal and complete artistic space of the whole poem; The correlation and contrast between the result and the reason constitute the internal logical structure that supports the whole poem.
Second, the writing techniques have changed. The first section uses comparison, which is the realm of imagination; The second section uses fu, which is straightforward and realistic. The whole poem changes from the montage-like picture hint in front to the direct guidance of the author behind, and ends with strong emotional expression, thus attracting people's attention to a rich emotional atmosphere and feeling the author's loyalty and love for the land again.
3. Theme image.
(1) theme.
By describing that he lives in this land of the motherland, the author has more pain than joy, and there are too many "grief and indignation" and "anger" in his heart. However, this is the motherland where he was born and raised. Even if he dies for her, he won't leave this land-even feathers will rot on the land after death. It expresses the author's greatest and deepest unforgettable and indelible patriotic feelings.
(2) image.
The land complex and land in Ai Qing's poems have multiple symbolic meanings in the author's poems. Ai Qing is a "land singer", and "land" constitutes the central image of the author's poems. The image of "land" is a symbol of national spirit, Chinese civilization and the fate of the motherland, which embodies the author's deep love for the motherland and mother earth, which is fully reflected in this poem: the poet expresses that he wants to sing the motherland like a bird; Even if you die, you should be integrated into the motherland. The image of "land" also reflects the author's deepest love for the workers who were born, cultivated and died in Sri Lanka, as well as his concern and exploration of their fate. The "land" here is no longer a simple objective scenery, but an "image" that focuses on the author's subjective feelings. The author feels extremely sad for the old, weak and sick motherland. With this feeling, when he looked around with melancholy eyes, the carrier of lonely and poor wasteland-land entered the author's mind.
By praising the "image" of the land, the author curses those who destroy it and fantasizes that the land can be full of vitality. In the poem, the author's voice is hoarse but generous, sad but broad, showing a strong sense of life; Although primitive, it is vigorous and powerful, because land is the foundation of all things. It is precisely because of this love and attachment to the land that the other three images in the author's works flow downstream. Adding adjectives "surging forever" and "grief and indignation" before "river" and modifiers "blowing endlessly" and "irritating" before "wind" have turned these two external pure landscapes into "images" containing the author's subjective feelings, making people who are sad and angry persevere in saving the land.
The image of "dawn" shows that the author firmly believes that there will be dawn and victory in the turbulent struggle of the people. But the author is still unfinished. "... then I died, and even my feathers rotted in the land" expressed the author's persistent love for the land. The last two sentences "Why do I often have tears in my eyes?" ? Because I love this land deeply ... "The image of returning to the land deepens the theme of the article.
About the author:
Ai Qing (19 10 ~ 1996) is a modern poet. The real name is Jiang Haicheng, the word is Yangyuan, and the pen names are Ega, Kea and Linbi. Jinhua, Zhejiang After the founding of New China, he served as deputy editor-in-chief of People's Literature and member of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and won the highest medal of French literature and art with 1985. The masterpiece Dayan River-My Nanny. He is the author of Dayan River, North China, Towards the Sun, Dawn Notice, Zhanjiang, Oleander and other poems.