What is the theme of Red Candle?

The Red Candle is a preface poem. "Red Candle" is the first poem of Wen Yiduo, a famous modern poetry collection in China. The subject matter is extensive and rich in content. The main expression of this poem is symbolism. People's Literature Publishing House has received 198 1 version of poems 103.

Red Candle either expresses the poet's patriotism, criticizes the darkness under feudal rule, reflects the suffering of working people, or depicts the beauty of nature. Clever conception, novel imagination and vivid language image. This poem was written in 1923, and the poet is going to publish his first collection of poems. Looking back on his ideal exploration and poetic achievements in recent years, he wrote this famous poem "Red Candle" as the preface to the collection of poems of the same name. Poetry emphasizes fantasy and subjective emotion in expression, and uses a large number of lyric exclamations to strongly express the feelings in the heart with beautiful language.