1989. Baker
"What is poetry?" You ask,
Blue eyes stare at my eyes;
What is poetry? You ask,
Poetic ... this is you!
(Translated by Li Wenjun)
This poem is selected from The Collection of Poetry Rhymes, which shows the beauty of the poet's ideal love and reflects the poet's unique feelings and opinions on the beautiful love. Due to the capriciousness and emotional trauma of his early life, Becker's works focus on expressing his inner world, divorced from social traditions and national feelings, and his creation is limited to his own inner analysis and emotional experience.
What is Poetry is an obvious example of Becker's creative style. The whole poem consists of four lines and a group of dialogues, which beautifies love into poetry and shows the poet's yearning for beautiful love. In Becker's works, love is idealized, and it is integrated with poetry and beauty, from which we can feel that love has become the noblest thing in the poet's heart. The use of this metaphor gives people a romantic feeling.
The whole poem is exquisitely conceived and intriguing. As long as the topic is touched, it will arouse readers' curiosity and inspire readers to think. What exactly is poetry? After reading it in one breath, we can know for sure that poetry is the poet's sweetheart and the poet's ideal love. As a result, the question-asking poem has an answer, and the mysterious poetic realm suddenly becomes clear. The reader found the theme of the poem and enjoyed the beauty.
Poetry is written in semi-rhyme style and full of poetry. The language is simple and the metaphor is fresh and natural, which makes the poet's lingering and delicate feelings expressed. It is plain to read but contains profound meaning, and the metaphor is clever but not blunt, which creates a harmonious and peaceful poetic environment for readers. After watching it, it was like staying in a starry night for a month, listening to the wonderful flute from a distance, which was fascinating.
At the beginning of the poem, the poet asked along the topic, "What is a poem?" Who is the questioner? "Blue eyes staring at my eyes"; We can imagine a beautiful girl with sentimental blue eyes asking the poet a silly question. Under the amorous moonlight gaze, the poet suddenly had a whim and thought, "Poetry … this is you!" " "Love and poetry, and beauty are integrated and harmonious, creating the so-called poetic mood.
Becker's love poems give people a wonderful and warm feeling. The language is simple, the writing is smooth and natural, and there is no feminine and artificial feeling. It's really a deep memory.