Among contemporary poets, Martinoff is the latest to become famous. He was 50 years old when he was praised by critics for his collection of poems. Martynov, a late bloomer, is good at writing philosophical poems, and is regarded as the main representative of the contemporary philosophical poetry school in the Soviet Union. His philosophical poems have a wide range of themes, involving all aspects of real life. In view of the history, astronomy, geography and other fields that are not suitable for poetry, Martinoff also tried and contributed a lot of excellent poems. The profundity and freshness of thoughts are the common features of all Martinoff's philosophical poems. Under his beautiful poems, the poet's fire is hidden. Many works have been widely circulated and become immortal masterpieces. This song "Water" is one of them.
The first section of the poem first points out that "water" is "dedication/mobility!" But "it" is "too pure" "Water" here refers to distilled water. The superficial characteristics of "water" falling in love with flow are in contrast with the over-pure internal essence, which implies an emotional turning point and expresses the author's negative attitude towards "it" (distilled water). Then the author uses repeated sentence patterns to explain why "it" is useless. The author secretly compares two kinds of water: natural water and distilled water, and expresses his thoughts on life.
Martinoff is good at finding creative elements from real life. In his works, the change of seasons and the alternation of wind, thunder, rain and electricity are full of poetry. Under his careful organization, anything ordinary can become a philosophy with profound meaning. In Water, the poet chose the most common thing in life "water" to express his thoughts on life. The poet thinks distilled water is not good water, because it is too clean, "you can't drink it to your heart's content, and you can't wash your face and hands". It lacks the necessary other ingredients, and it lacks vitality. Obviously, the poet thinks that these impurities in water and its natural state are indispensable, otherwise it will lose its vitality. This idea is very similar to China's old saying that "clear water means no fish".
Martinoff likes to use metaphors and metaphors to express his feelings about real life. "It/lacks:/leans against the poplar weeping willows,/tastes the bitter taste of lush soft strips. /it/just lacks neighbors with aquatic plants,/and makes friends with fish that eat dragonflies and gain weight. /it/lacks rough waves,/never runs around. " The poet thinks distilled water is useless because it is isolated. He believes that just as fish can only get fat by eating dragonflies, water should also flow among trees, aquatic plants, fish and shrimp. Water must seek strength in the flow, and it cannot stagnate, otherwise it will become stagnant water. The image of distilled water can not only symbolize people who escape from reality and are unwilling to integrate into life, but also symbolize people who are content with the status quo and unwilling to make progress. Poets use the symbolic image of distilled water to express their thoughts: things complement each other, and only by actively participating in life and actively seeking change can they gain permanent vitality.
Because of the need to convey certain philosophical thoughts, most philosophical poems are abstruse and difficult to understand. The uniqueness of Martinoff's poetry lies in that he can always find complex ideas in simple things and express them clearly in simple words. The poem "Water" conveys profound philosophy to us, but the author does not use textbook-style direct preaching and boring terminology, but turns profound philosophy into simple and easy-to-understand common words in life and adopts simple sentence patterns close to oral English. In this way, philosophical poems are no longer obscure, and they are more intimate and catchy to read.
Water not only contains profound philosophy, but also has an artistic conception as remote as lyric poetry. While expressing his thoughts, the poet also showed us scenes full of interest in life: green poplars and weeping willows reflected on the sparkling water surface, and slender branches fell into the water, stirring up circles of waterlines and ripples; Fat fish swim leisurely among the water plants, sometimes chasing dragonflies resting on the water. The scene description in the poem is exquisite and exquisite, as elegant as ink painting. It can be said that philosophy is lyrical and reasonable, and it is worthy of being a masterpiece in philosophical poetry.
(Angie)