Throughout Dai Wangshu's poetry creation, it can be roughly divided into three stages: before, during and after. In his first book of poetry, My Memory, most of his works are love poems and sad poems. In particular, 12 poems in Lao Jian are generally works that express this kind of personal sadness and sentimentality. Such as "Smelling Birds in the Cold Wind" and "Walking on the Mountain";
Rain Lane, published in Novel Monthly from 65438 to 0928, marked the poet's transition from romantic lyricism to symbolic expression under the influence of Crescent School, and Dai Wangshu gained the reputation of "Rain Lane Poet".
Wang Shucao, published by the modern bookstore 65438-0933, shows the maturity of the author's poetic art. At this time, the poet lived in the white terror after the failure of the Great Revolution, and the contradiction between ideal and reality made him depressed and depressed. However, poets are no longer immature in art or psychology, nor are they walking in other people's shoes. Instead, I strive to open up my own poetry creation field and form my own style.
1937 After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Dai Wangshu's poetic concept and creative practice have undergone great changes. He is determined to struggle in the gloomy climate of the enemy and do his lighting duty with his weak light. 1939 On New Year's Day, facing the Japanese imperialist aggression, he wrote "Happy New Year": "The new year brings us new strength/blessings! Our people/hard people/brave people/suffering will bring freedom and liberation. "
1942, after Dai Wangshu was arrested and imprisoned by the Japanese invaders, his personal destiny merged with that of the motherland, and his poetic style changed. The Wall of Prison expresses the poet's courage and confidence in being generous to justice for national liberation. I Break My Palm is a tragic China sung by a poet in an iron prison: "I put all my strength in my palm/stick it in my palm/place my love and all my hopes".