"Love Life"
Author: Wang Guozhen
I don’t think about it,
whether it can succeed,
Since I have chosen a distant place,
I only care about the journey through wind and rain.
I don’t think about whether
can I win love?
Since I am in love with roses,
I will bravely reveal my sincerity.
I don’t think about it.
Whether there will be cold wind and cold rain behind me?
Since the target is the horizon,
stay All you can give to the world is your back.
I don’t think about whether the future will be smooth or muddy.
As long as you love life,
everything is expected. .
Wang Guozhen’s poems emphasize imagery and the pursuit of personal ideals, which have played a great role in soothing the hearts of obsessed people.
"Love Life" can be said to be one of Wang Guozhen's masterpieces. This poem expresses the philosophy of why we should love life with four affirmative answers. The four paragraphs may seem similar, but each has its own interest. The four paragraphs are analyzed and answered using the images of "success", "love", "struggle" and "future" respectively. These four images can be said to be the usual images used by some fresh philosophical poets, including Wang Guozhen and Xi Murong. They are not obscure, not deliberately mysterious, and not difficult to understand. It can be said that they are completely different from the characteristics of hazy poetry, which is also the characteristic of Wang Guozhen. The reason for the success of poetry.
Chinese poetry, from its earliest days, has mostly carried the function of singing, but Misty Poetry has abandoned this main function. Although Misty Poetry received great attention and popularity from readers in the 1980s, it is incomplete and inherently deficient after all. Although I personally appreciate Misty Poetry very much, I deeply regret this shortcoming.
Most of the misty poems are aloof, which helps the poetry succeed but also contributes to its decline. On the contrary, Wang Guozhen's poetry abandoned aloofness and even made further improvements in the creation of rhythm. Basically, his poems can be directly composed and sung. Young people who are keen on pop music are naturally more receptive to this form of poetry.
In terms of artistic conception, Wang Guozhen seems to be inferior to the Misty School. Wang Guozhen is accustomed to using images such as "love" and "success", and a large number of his works adopt these basic images. This may be Wang Guozhen's personal preference, or it may be a compromise to cater to ideology.
Actually, Wang Guozhen’s poetry is not simply preaching. He said, “Since we have chosen a distant place, we only care about the wind and rain.” He did not shout slogans to force you to do this, but sang and suggested that you should do it. For poetry readers in the 1990s, this was a very wise educational method.
Wang Guozhen’s poetry always embodies a distinct educational function, so his poetry can even be included in Chinese textbooks. Wang Guozhen's poetry once set off a craze, making him a rising star in the poetry world and a friend and teacher of young people. I wonder if all this is due to the passionate teaching effect of his poetry?
Let’s talk about "Love Life". From what I read, what Wang Shi loves is not the ultimate success and a happy ending in the future, nor the acquisition of love and the realization of the goal of struggle. The love overflowing in the poems is actually a process and a pursuit. "Going through thick and thin", "expressing sincerity"... these are all manifestations of love. To love life is not to love because you want to get it, but to finally get it because of love. In this way, the theme of the poem is sublimated.
"Love Life" is a lyrical poem that is very suitable for reading aloud, and can also be read as an inspirational poem. I believe that as long as there is love in your heart and a passion for life, all good results will be expected.