Ai Qing's poem Snow Lotus

Xuelian has collected nearly 60 poems by 1979- 1982, among which works visiting foreign countries account for a large part. In these poems, the poet showed all kinds of morbidities in the western world under the cover of the prosperous coat with sharp eyes. In writing, Rome in Meditation, Paris and Chicago adopt the writing style of "life flow"; The author appeared as a meditator walking in the street, wrote down his impressions and inserted his comments in the middle. It is realistic to write about the birds singing in Nice and the red leaves in Iowa. Fog in Los Angeles is written by the interweaving of recessive and dominant. All these provide valuable artistic experience for the creation of new city poems. There are still many chapters in the collection, either reciting ordinary things or expressing a certain state of mind, which can write new ideas and leave a deep impression on people. For example, "If (Another Song)" describes a surgeon's operation, from which the philosophy of life is excavated and the beautiful sentiment is praised. Writing Figs and Seedless Grapes is also a product of love, which contains profound and meaningful thoughts and feelings in a short space and shows the implication of advocating innovation. The long poems "Facing the Sea" and "How the East Becomes Red" are all unique, including the poet's meditation on history, reflection on reality and evaluation of society. Another long poem "Rain in Tomb-Sweeping Day", which praises Zhou Enlai, combines the thoughts and feelings of the people with those of the author, and its narrative is natural, simple and touching.