He used the word "Ze" in the fourth line of this poem. The word "Ze" is a conjunction that indicates a comparative relationship. This function word was deliberately embedded by the poet. It stands in the middle of the poem, conspicuous and even dazzling. It suddenly lost the softness brought by the traditional poetic language "gentle and beautiful", making poetry argumentative, speculative and philosophical.
Haizi was obviously influenced by existentialism philosophy, and he admired Heidegger's Holderlin. In Heidegger's ideological system, "the earth" and "the sky" are two core concepts.
The wheat field in Reply is not a deduction of Heidegger's concept. If so, it's meaningless. Although Haizi's Wheat Field is contaminated with Heidegger's thoughts, it is a symbol of China, especially the northern rural areas of China.
It permeates Haizi's life experience: the wheat field is his material and spiritual hometown, and he is obsessed with the wheat field. Facing the wheat field, the poet did not watch leisurely, but keenly felt that he was standing in the center of being questioned.
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Reply is a modern poem by Haizi. It is for the quiet and elegant scenery in the previous poems.
The whole poem is very short, but it hides the poet's deep helplessness and tumbling thoughts. The poet focused on the word "pain", but these two words appeared three times in a short poem, each time showing the author's despair and helplessness to varying degrees. The wheat field is questioning, and "I" is silently and painfully answering: pain!
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