-Appreciation of "I Love This Land"
Every original poet has his own image, which embodies his unique feelings, observation and understanding of life, and also embodies the poet's unique thoughts and feelings. The central image of Ai Qing's poems is the land and the sun, and the theme is patriotism. The image of the land reflects Ai Qing's deepest love for the motherland and people. Patriotism is an inexhaustible theme in Ai Qing's works, which is universal and typical among the people in modern China. I love this land. A poem written in 1938 is his famous masterpiece.
Analysis of works:
Theme: Ai Qing grew up eating the milk of a peasant woman and was deeply infected by that peasant-style melancholy. This melancholy from the land cultivator strengthened his eternal anxiety about the land. His poems always pay attention to the fate of ordinary farmers who are integrated with the land. The poems in the collection "The North" truly and vividly describe the soul of China's rural reality and the life and struggle of ordinary farmers and soldiers on the land, showing his symbolic significance derived from the images of the land series. I love this land and express my deep love for my country. The poet compares himself to a bird, indicating that he sings tirelessly for the land, rivers, wind and dawn of the motherland. Even if you die, you should be integrated into the land of the motherland, "even feathers rot in the land", and express your sincere and deep love for the motherland, the nation and the land wholeheartedly, as serious as an oath and as solemn as blood. After its publication, it immediately shocked the readers in the poetry circle.
Artistic features:
First of all, it has a melancholy poetry. Melancholy is one of the basic elements that constitute the artistic characteristics of Ai Qing's poems. We can call it "Ai Qing's melancholy", which shows the uniqueness of his lyrical personality. On the one hand, Ai Qing's melancholy comes from his personal experience and personality; On the other hand, it comes from the "wandering feeling" he felt during his study in France and the influence of western symbolism and impressionism; On the other hand, it comes from a special era. Under the fire of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Ai Qing traveled to the north and witnessed the real sufferings of the farmers in the north who were burdened with the pain of the land, which was in line with our ancient national tradition of being cynical and worried about the country and the people. Therefore, this kind of melancholy saturated the poet's deep love for the motherland and people, and also showed the poet's loyalty and deep thinking about life. In the poem, the self-proclaimed bird sang with hoarse throat until he died, and the sacred oath of "Then I will die,/Even the feathers will rot in the soil" was immersed in the melancholy emotional tone, vividly expressing the poet's determination to contribute everything to the motherland. "Why do I often have tears in my eyes? /Because I love this land deeply ... ",the deep melancholy emotion makes this unpretentious poem exude earth-shattering power and inspire people's love for the national land of the motherland. Throughout the formation process of Ai Qing's melancholy,