The main contents of the poem "January's Sorrow" are as follows:
1. Lyric poem. Author Li Ying. Written in 1976. Published in Guangming Daily on January 7, 1977. It was later included in the author's poetry collection "Unforgettable 1976" (Shanghai People's Publishing House, first edition, September 1979). This is a lyrical poem of more than 600 lines. It not only expresses the poet's sorrow for "January", but also reflects the deep condolences and remembrance of Comrade Zhou Enlai by the people across the country.
2. The whole poem is divided into five chapters. It generally follows the chronological order of the funeral after hearing the obituary. The first chapter is the preface to the whole poem, describing the poet's shock and grief when he heard the news of Comrade Zhou Enlai's death. Chapters 2 and 3 are the central part of the poem. The poet affectionately and artistically reproduced the scene of people in the capital crying as they bid farewell to Comrade Zhou Enlai's hearse on Chang'an Street, which is ten miles away.
3. As the hearse went west, the poet thought about it, "a car, passing through a great century", thus showing the glorious life of this great man in his rich artistic imagination. . The fourth chapter writes that Comrade Zhou Enlai will always live in people's hearts and always inspire people to march towards communism. Chapter 5 is a powerful coda. According to the poet's own account, the first four chapters of the long poem were written in January 1976.
4. Chapter 5 was written in December of the same year. In the fifth chapter, the poet enthusiastically praises the great victory of the Party Central Committee leading the people across the country to crush the "Gang of Four", further expressing his deep nostalgia for Comrade Zhou Enlai. "January Sorrow" is a sign that Li Ying's poetry art is more mature, and it is also the best work among the countless poems commemorating Comrade Zhou Enlai at that time. The poem successfully adopts a sad, low-reflective, and looping sentence structure.
5. In the second chapter, "The motorcade is like a river, flowing slowly in the wind of late winter..." appears four times; in the third chapter, "Ah, at this moment, the hearse is passing ten miles Long Street, go west, go west..." Repeated eight times.
6. This can not only exaggerate the rich lyrical atmosphere of the whole poem, but also make the moving scenes of mourning Comrade Zhou Enlai and Comrade Zhou Enlai’s great achievements appear in front of the readers scene by scene, and also use these two typical The scene creates an artistic melody, with tragic sounds and endless sorrow, and becomes a beautiful movement that is touching and sad.