1, theme: The theme of patriotic poetry is to express love and loyalty to the motherland, as well as pride and responsibility to the motherland, nation and culture. This theme runs through the whole poem and is the core of patriotic poetry.
2. Expression: There are three main ways to express patriotic poetry: direct lyric, indirect lyric and narrative lyric. Direct lyric means that the author directly expresses his love and loyalty to the motherland; Indirect lyric means that the author expresses his love and loyalty to the motherland by describing the great rivers and mountains, history, culture and people's life of the motherland; Narrative lyric means that the author expresses his love and loyalty to the motherland by telling his own or others' experiences.
3. Expression techniques: The expression techniques of patriotic poems mainly include metaphor, symbol, exaggeration, duality and personification. Metaphor refers to expressing things with similar things, thus expressing the author's feelings more vividly; Symbol refers to the use of concrete things to symbolize an abstract concept or emotion; Exaggeration refers to describing things with exaggerated language to highlight the author's feelings.
4. Cultural connotation: patriotic poetry has profound cultural connotation, which embodies the Chinese nation's deep feelings and sense of responsibility for the motherland and shows the excellent tradition and cultural essence of the Chinese nation. At the same time, patriotic poetry also embodies the spiritual outlook and values of the Chinese nation and inspires people to struggle for the prosperity and development of the motherland.
Examples of patriotic poetry:
1, although the country is divided, the mountains and rivers last forever, and the vegetation is spring. Sad state, can not help but burst into tears, amazing birds, leaving sorrow and hate. The war lasted for more than half a year, and letters from home were rare, with a hundred thousand gold. Twisting with melancholy, scratching my head and thinking, the more I scratch my white hair, I can hardly insert a hairpin. -Tang Du Fu's Spring Hope.
Du Fu's poems depict a bleak scene after the war, and express the poet's anxiety and regret for the motherland by describing the scenes of national ruin and death, vegetation and birds singing.
2, the mighty sorrow is slanting during the day, and the whip refers to the end of the world. I quit my job and go home, just like a flower falling from a branch, but this is not a heartless thing. It can be turned into the soil of spring and can also play a role in nurturing the next generation. -Qing Gong Zizhen's "Ji Hai Miscellaneous Poems" (Part V).
This poem by Gong Zizhen expresses his deep love and dedication to the motherland. The first two sentences express his sad mood of leaving his native land and wandering around the world, while the last two sentences imply that even though he has passed away, he will still contribute to the prosperity and development of the motherland.
3. I didn't know everything was empty until I died, but I looked at Kyushu sadly. Therefore, when the great Song Jun team recaptures the Central Plains, you will hold a home banquet ceremony. Don't forget to tell me the good news! -Song Lu You's "Xiuzi".
Lu You wrote this poem to his son before he died, expressing his love for the motherland and his regret that the motherland could not be unified. The first two sentences express the poet's tragic mood, while the last two sentences express the poet's firm belief and expectation for the future.
4. The moon was bright in Qin dynasty, closed in Han dynasty, and the Long March did not return. If Wei Qing, who attacked Longcheng, and Li Guang, the flying general, were alive today, the Huns would not be allowed to go south to spend their horses in Yinshan. -Don Wang Changling's The Head of Two Embankments.
This poem by Wang Changling is about a heroic soldier's attachment and oath to his hometown and relatives before going out to war, expressing his loyalty to the motherland and his determination to defend it. Among them, the phrase "Qin Guan, Guan Guan" expresses the poet's pride in the long history of the motherland.