The whole poem is as follows:
He joined the army at the age of fifteen and didn't come back until he was eighty.
Every villager said, "Who's at home?"
"From a distance, it is the royal family, with many pines and cypresses."
Rabbits enter from the dog's sinus and pheasants fly from the beam.
In the atrium, Green Valley was born, and in the well, Lv Kui was born.
Grains are used as hoes and sunflower as soup.
The soup and rice have been cooked for a while, and I don't know who it will be.
Going out and looking east, tears fell on my clothes.
The literal meaning of the whole poem:
Teenagers who just turned fifteen went out to fight and didn't come back until they were eighty.
A rural neighbor in Lu Yu asked, "Who else is in my family?"
Your position is now a grave in the pine and cypress forest.
Walking to the door, I saw rabbits coming in and out of the dog hole and pheasants flying around the roof.
There are wild millet in the yard and wild sunflower around the well.
Cook rice with shelled wild grain and pick sunflower leaves to cook soup.
After a while, the soup and rice are all ready, and I don't know who to give them to.
Out of the door, looking east, full of tears, flapping on the clothes.
Appreciation of the whole poem:
The whole poem highlights the image of an old soldier who joined the army in the 15th and returned in the 1980s, and also depicts the image of "home". The weather-beaten old people, outspoken villagers, the homes of rotten grass, ancient cypress and barren graves, have become a series of real and moving pictures with special significance, which typically reflect the social reality of frequent wars and cruel military service.
At the beginning of the poem, the whole article is unified and has a long rhyme and far meaning. "When you join the army at the age of 15, you will return at the age of 80." These ordinary ten words highlight the hero's special experience and mood. A dashing young man becomes old in a blink of an eye. The author did not describe the thrilling past that the veteran spent 65 years on the battlefield day and night. Instead, the word "start" is used to accurately and concisely convey the complex feelings of sadness and joy of the protagonist who has been homesick day and night for 65 years. This sad emotional atmosphere enveloped the whole poem.
"Every villager said,' Who's at home?' "The protagonist's imagination of the status quo of his loved ones' homes has changed from a daze to an eager inquiry, introducing the focus of poetry-home. The answer of the "village people" is like a basin of ice water standing in the ice and snow: "From a distance, it is the royal family, with countless pines and cypresses." In these turbulent years, none of our relatives were spared! In those days, the lively and warm home became a desolate place composed of rabbits, pheasants, wild valleys, wild vegetables, pines and cypresses and graves! From a distance, to a close look, eyes full of desolation and sadness. The dusty old man silently peeled off the skin of wild millet and picked the leaves of wild sunflower to cook. But when the meal was ready and the soup was boiling, it suddenly occurred to him that he didn't know who to cook it for.
"Going out and looking east, tears fell on my skirt." When the veterans looked at the distance blankly, 65 years of hardships and 65 years of thoughts turned into vicissitudes and fell on dusty clothes. What deep and painful thoughts and feelings! At the end of the poem, the emotional concentration of the author and the reader reached its peak.
The most profound part of the work is that it not only shows the misfortune of the 80-year-old man, but also exposes the darkness and evil of the feudal military service system. Through the narration of the protagonist and his family, the theme and artistic level of the work have been pushed to a new height. According to the poem, those who have served in military service for 65 years are actually the only survivors of the whole family. Those relatives who have never served in military service are covered with pines and cypresses. Heroes fight for their country for sixty-five years, and it is difficult to return to their hometown. But compared with those relatives who could not live but walked into the silent, dark and cold grave, he was "lucky" again. This reflected the darkness of the whole social reality at that time, and showed the misfortune of all the people, the depression of society and the turmoil of the times, which was more profound than the personal misfortune.