The tone of this poem is melancholy. Many words make people melancholy and full of melancholy thoughts. In the realistic description of the sad place, the author's melancholy subjective feelings are permeated. But this kind of melancholy is not pessimism and despair, but can give people strength. In this poem, the author turns melancholy into strength.
In this poem, the poet not only complains that the poor and backward north and the people suffering from war are in the north, but also eulogizes the unyielding will to survive and the determination to defend the country of the north, which has a strong patriotic spirit since ancient times.
The whole poetic image is rich, lyrical and freehand, which outlines a dynamic picture of the northern countryside, vivid, accurate and vivid. This poem is a typical free verse, which follows the natural language rhythm and emotion, is not limited by external rules, and has prose beauty and solemn and deep style.
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This poem was written in February 1938. At that time, the war broke out in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and Lei was close to the Yellow River. Ai Qing is a group of cultural friends such as Xiao Hong, Xiao Jun, Nie Gannu and Zhang Ding. Shanxi University applied to teach Guopi, Tongguan, Shaanxi.
The poet was shocked to see the desolate, gloomy and turbulent scene of the northern country under the cloud of war. A friend lamented that "North Korea is sad" and even caused him to think. So, when he was in Tongguan, he wrote this song "North" and published it in the first volume of July magazine in April of the same year.