"Accidental" is a poem written by modern poet Xu Zhimo in May 1926. This poem is mainly about the poet's profound understanding of life and emotion. In this poem, the poet expressed his sigh for the disappearance of love and beauty, and also revealed his concern for these beautiful feelings.
This poem is not only a simple love poem, but also a sigh of life, full of interesting philosophy. The whole poem has two paragraphs and ten lines, which are symmetrical from top to bottom. It is not only beautiful and catchy, but also memorable and meaningful.
This poem was written by the poet Xu Zhimo when he met Lin in London. At that time, an accidental meeting between Xu Zhimo and Lin ignited the fire of love and inspired this poem. With a wave of his hand, he got this masterpiece. It was first published in the 9th issue of Morning Post Supplement Poetry on May 27th of the same year, and signed by Zhimo. This is also the lyrics of the old blind man in the fifth act of the script Bian Kungang written by Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman.
This short poem with two paragraphs and ten lines is unique in modern poetry. In the history of poetry, a thousand long poems can be buried by the ruthless historical precipitation with the passage of time, while some exquisite short poems can transcend history and shine alone.
Xu Zhimo can visualize such an abstract adverb of time as "accident" and put it into a symbolic structure, which is full of interest and philosophy. Not only beautiful, catchy, but also memorable.
Emotions expressed by chance;
In this poem, Xu Zhimo conveys emotional restraint. He said it was best to forget the light released by that meeting, which was a strangulation of accidental feelings. Xu Zhimo returned to China with the romanticism of Europe and America, integrated the eastern and western civilizations, and finally formed his own aestheticism style. But this poem suppresses the beauty of accidental meeting, which is caused by the changes of the times.
Xu Zhimo is in the darkest age. He can't escape the ugliness and struggle inherent in this era, and he can't deviate from the established and unchanging trajectory of life. Therefore, he reluctantly chooses to suppress his inner feelings and forget the accidental meeting. However, accepting life finally made Xu Zhimo know how to let go smartly, so he said, "It's best to forget when you remember."