Happy snow
If I were a snowflake,
Handsome in midair,
I have to know my direction clearly-
Fly, fly, fly-
This land has my direction.
Don't go to that cold valley,
Don't go to the desolate foothills,
I won't be disappointed in deserted streets-
Fly, fly, fly-
Look, I have my direction!
Flying in the air,
Identify quiet homes,
Waiting for her to visit in the garden—
Fly, fly, fly-
Ah, she smells like cinnabar plum!
I was naked at that time,
Ying Ying touched her skirt,
Close to her tender heart-
Ablation, ablation, ablation-
Melt in her gentle heart
Poetry appreciation:
Among Xu Zhimo's poems, love poems are the most distinctive part of all his poems, expressing his pursuit of love and beauty. Sometimes he takes his own emotional foundation as the object, and sometimes he takes the imaginary opposite sex as the object. In The Joy of Snowflakes, the poet sublimated it, which not only linked the pursuit of love with the ideal of changing the real society, but also contained positive factors of anti-feudal ethics and demanding individual liberation. It is warm and fresh, sincere and natural, and truly expresses the poet's persistent pursuit of all good things. This poem is divided into four parts. It is better to say that these four poems with sonorous rhythm have the beauty of chapter structure, but they reflect the wonder of the poet's passionate thoughts. A sober poet avoids the barriers of reality and builds everything on "if". "If" makes this poem set a soft and hazy style, and its enthusiasm and freedom are shrouded in a faint aura of sadness. Contrary to reading, a poet may face the snowflakes flying outside the window with tears in his eyes when writing, or he may walk alone in the world of snowflakes flying. His soul was tortured by imprisonment. The reality and the heaviness of the body tormented him. When "the glory of the stars and the moon and the hope of mankind" makes him sing "the joy of snowflakes", it can be said that the process of poetry itself is the process of soul flying.
The Happiness of Snowflakes is a pure poem (that is, a "pure poem" proposed by Valery). Here, the real "I" was completely evacuated, and snowflakes replaced "I". Snowflakes are flying in mid-air, flying straight to the "quiet house" and meeting her in the "garden" until they melt into "her gentle heart". Poets compare themselves to "snowflakes", using metonymy and taking flying snowflakes as images. "She" is the poet's imaginary lover, and also a kind of sublimated sacred love, which skillfully conveys the poet's persistent pursuit of love and beautiful ideal. But this is a snowflake, full of the poet's thoughts and worn by the soul. This is the snowflake of spirit, he is the spirit of human beings, and he will die for beauty. It is worth recalling that he did not feel pain or despair in the pursuit of beauty. On the contrary, he fully enjoyed the freedom of choice and the joy of love. Snowflakes "fly, fly, fly" is a very firm, cheerful and relaxed persistence, which is the result of the poet's self-knowledge and consciousness. In fact, the poet is crossing the reality to gain inner innocence and stick to lofty ideals. And this beauty, she lives in a quiet place, in and out of the snow garden, emitting the fragrance of cinnabar plum, and her heart is like a lake full of waves. She is an eternal illusion in modern aesthetics. The rotation, delay and final destination of snowflakes are completely consistent with the freedom, firmness and persistence of the poet's beautiful soul. For the poet Xu Zhimo, there may be deep personal objective factors, but choosing "she" instead of "he" to find the dawn of the new century is the poet's internal motivation.
The rhythm of this poem is the sound of nature and the symphony of the soul. Stepping into the "what if" architectural world, people are often not only bathed in beauty, but also guarded by budding beauty. Simply understanding pure poetry, the word "ivory tower" is still out of date, but readers need tolerance. Cambridge is another excellent pure poem by Xu Shi after Snowflake. In front of the beautiful scenery of nature and the spiritual hometown of mankind, the poet came and walked gently, "without taking away a cloud." This kind of guardian feeling is completely poetic, completely in line with the choice of the soul in the snowflake. Only when the dream pursued and guarded is finally pierced by the sharp reality, can the wind finally open the truth of "not knowing" and the infinite nostalgia and melancholy of "wandering in the light waves of dreams"
The Happiness of Snowflakes has a harmonious rhythm and is full of musical beauty. For example, the poet connects the three "flies" with repetition, and there is no lack of brisk rhythm. Secondly, the happiness of snowflakes is also full of painting beauty. Not only the "quiet residence" and the quiet "garden" construct an elegant and beautiful picture, but also the repeated "flying, flying, flying" weaves a profound picture of the soul. Literally, the happiness of snowflakes is also imaginative and symbolic. For example, the word "she" in the last three sentences can symbolize the poet's "sweetheart" and can also be understood as the ideal pursuit that the poet yearns for. The author combines the subjective feeling of pursuing the ideal with the objective natural scenery, thus turning the real scene into a virtual scene, creating a beautiful artistic conception and showing its flying and elegant artistic style.
The Happiness of Snowflakes, Farewell to Cambridge and I don't know where the wind blows are the representative works of Xu Zhimo's poetic style, which is not only the consistency of superficial language style, but also the attraction and connection of inner soul charm. In the 1930s, Mao Dun said, "I think the most noticeable among the new poets is Zhimo. Because his works are most suitable for our study. " (On Xu Zhimo) The Happiness of Snowflakes is the first of Xu Zhimo's first set of poems, Poems of Zhimo. The poet's own arrangement is by no means arbitrary. Following the order of snowflake → Cambridge → wind, readers can see the realm that pure poetry can reach and feel the limit of pure poetry. If so, there will be another perspective on Xu Zhimo's whole landscape.
About the author:
Xu Zhimo, (1897 65438+1October193165438+10/9), is a modern poet. Formerly known as Zhang Yi, it was renamed Zhimo when studying in the UK. Used pen names: Nanhu, Shi Zhecun, Gu,,, Xianhe, Delete Me, Xinshou, Huanggou, Huan, etc. Xu Zhimo is a representative poet of Crescent School and a member of Crescent Poetry Society. 19 15 graduated from Hangzhou No.1 Middle School and studied in Shanghai Hujiang University, Tianjin Beiyang University and Peking University successively. 19 18 went to Clark university to study banking. I will graduate in ten months with a bachelor's degree and a first-class honor award. In the same year, he transferred to the Graduate School of Columbia University in new york and entered the Department of Economics. 192 1 year went to study in Britain and became a special student at Cambridge University, studying political economy. During my two years in Cambridge, I was deeply influenced by western education and romantic and aesthetic poets in Europe and America. Crescent Society was founded in 1923. Professor Peking University went from 65438 to 0924. 1926 Professor of Guanghua University, Daxia University and Nanjing Central University (1949 renamed Nanjing University). 1930 resigned from Shanghai and Nanjing. At the invitation of Hu Shizhi, he was re-appointed as Professor Peking University and Professor of Beijing Women's Normal University. 193 1 year1month 19 died in a plane crash. Representative works include Farewell to Cambridge and Cold Jade Night.