Ai Qing's "Tree" has punctuation marks.
Original text:
A tree, a tree
Standing isolated from each other
Wind and air
Telling their distance
But under the cover of soil
Their roots stretch out
Invisible depths
They entangled their roots
Creative background:
"Tree" was written in the spring of 1940, when the Anti-Japanese War had been going on for more than two years. Entering a difficult stalemate stage. This national war is giving all the people a baptism, making their souls undergo severe training in the war and gradually move toward spiritual awakening. Ai Qing was deeply aware of the trends of the times and the pulse of society, and realized that the national awakening had arrived.
On the surface, this poem describes a natural phenomenon; from a broader perspective, this poem may be a description and praise of friendship, a perception and interpretation of life, or it may be The desire and thinking about free life. It is precisely because of the diversity of images that this poem has thought-provoking charm.