Author: Zhou Guangxiu
The death of the swan is a thirst for water
The bloodthirsty posture flows out of Helen
The death of the swan is A dance without a dancer
The beauty of nature is self-contained in the unchanging changes
Or it is just a kind of self-forgetfulness outside of everything< /p>
A shadow shakes a besieged city
Trapped the wind from all directions in an empty valley
Makes a love affair that has happened twice reveal the coldness of the night
Whoever rises is the tyrant
The image of the world escapes in the body
Touching reveals other naked bodies
——Leda’s whereabouts are unknown< /p>
Ouyang Jianghe
This poem is based on many storylines in ancient Greek mythology. "The death of a swan is a thirst for water", which means that an excessive desire leads to the death of the swan. "Helen flows out with a bloodthirsty posture." Helen is a peerless beauty in ancient Greek mythology. She was the main god Zeus who was fascinated by the beauty of Leda, the wife of Tyndareus. While Leda was bathing in the river, she transformed into The swan is born from the union of a swan and a wild animal. This sentence means that swans also created famous beauties. The following two sentences say that although the swan has died, its image still remains in people's hearts, no longer changing, but ever-changing and ever-changing, never departing from its origin. The second stanza of the poem makes further assumptions, saying that the death of the swan is not real death, but a transcendent form; but in fact, like Zeus, it determines the rise and fall of a country, the victory or defeat of a war, and the success or failure of a war. Helen's fate. According to ancient Greek mythology, three goddesses competed for a golden apple, and they refused to give in. Zeus asked the Trojan prince Paris to judge. Paris awarded the golden apple to the goddess of love in order to get the most beautiful woman in the world, and the beautiful woman was Helen was abducted by Paris. In order to recapture Helen, 100,000 Greek troops besieged the city of Troy. The war lasted for nine years. It was not until the tenth year that the Greeks used the "Trojan Horse Strategy" to destroy the city of Troy and the country. Helen fell in love with Paris at first and eloped with him. After Paris died, she married his brother Iphobus. On the day of the fall of the city, Helen betrayed Iphobus and returned to her original husband. Zeus is the actual planner and director of this war, and their great power is exerted on mankind in an invisible form. "Whoever rises up is a tyrant", which means that whoever is like Zeus, high and towering over human beings, is a tyrant. In the mind of such a person, there is nothing in the world but himself, just like Zeus had forgotten all about Leda (ie Leda) when he was bewildered by other beauties.
In ancient Greek mythology, Zeus turned into a swan, and Zeus was the embodiment of power. Therefore, I think the "swan" in the poem is a symbol of power. Then the "death of the swan" is the loss of power. In this way, we can understand this poem this way: power is often lost due to excessive desire for power. When power is used properly, it will indeed have remarkable achievements, just like Zeus created the beauty Helen. The loss of power is like an invisible dance, with invisible changes. It can be hidden or silent, and under certain social conditions, it will appear so natural and reasonable. Perhaps the loss of power is only a superficial state of transcendence, but has not actually been lost. It has become a more authoritative potential leading force that still plays a huge role in social life, like Zeus, although he is in a high and mysterious position. On Mount Limbos, he has full control over the rise and fall of the world. Whoever rises to great heights and whose power rapidly expands is probably a Zeus-like tyrant. The whole world no longer exists in his heart, but his heart swells to the entire world. world.
The author's view of power is based on facts and scientific analysis. It does not deny power entirely, but views power and the loss of power from a dialectical perspective. Pointing out that some people value power above all else, thinking that with power they have everything, and that they do whatever it takes to gain power, which is like Zeus's crazy greed for beauty. This criticism of the desire for power undoubtedly exposes the apparent loss of power. The practice of concealing and strengthening one's power in various ways is actually more sinister than fighting for power with open fire and a stick. This is the focus of the poem and why it is titled "The Death of the Swan."
The author wanted to express some of his own feelings and opinions without causing inevitable trouble. He did not hesitate to take a detour to ancient Greece, stole fire, and ignited his poetic passion. His red-hot poetic heart was completely Submerged in the raging flames of emotion, readers can only feel the heat of the fire, but cannot find the heart of the poem. Although the secrecy of this theme can fascinate some people who love to wrangle in riddle poems, it has lost most readers. This can not but be said to be the fatal weakness of some trendy poems.