Background of writing "Old Horse": Old Horse was written on 1932, which is one of Cang Kejia's famous poems "Brand". The author once said: "After the failure of the 1927 Great Revolution, I completely denied Chiang Kai-shek's regime, but I was very uncertain about the future of the revolution. Life is bitter and I feel depressed and sad. " The author saw an old horse with tragic fate with his own eyes, and there was a kind of pressure in his heart not to write it. By appreciating this poem, we can more concretely feel the achievements and characteristics of Cang Kejia's new poetry creation in 1930s. Known as the "peasant poet". The implication of judging God by appearances is endless.
-the symbolic meaning of "old horse"
Regarding the poem "Old Horse", Cang Kejia once said: "To write about an old horse is to write about the old horse itself. How readers interpret it is a matter for readers, and there are different opinions. "
According to the western reception aesthetics theory, the birth of a work should be not only created by the author, but also recreated by the reader. What do we get from reading Old Horse?
First of all, judging from the title of the poem, the title of the poem is "Old Horse", but the poet did not describe the frail appearance of the old horse in detail, but focused on its fate, feelings and mood. This writing style inspired by appearance endows this poem with profound meaning.
Secondly, judging from the characteristics of the old horse's situation and fate, it seems that the old horse in the poem is born to bear the fate of loading a cart unconditionally. Even if "the pressure on his back is stuck in the meat" and "he doesn't say a word anyway", "he has to hang his head heavily." Here, the poet wrote the humiliating fate and honest and kind character of the old horse. This old horse has also thought about his unfortunate fate, but he always "doesn't know the fate of the next moment." It only swallows its tears in its heart. "From here, we can also realize the ignorance of the old horse. Although the old horse works hard, it will often be whipped. But "we must look forward. "The poet wrote the tragic fate, painful feelings and sad mood of the old horse, which enhanced the appeal of the old horse tragedy.
How do you understand the meaning of this poem?
Artistic feature
Old Horse embodies the characteristics of Cang Kejia's early poetry anthology "Brand", and also represents the poet's general creative tendency. This poem has vivid images, rigorous structure, subtle and concise language, organically combines meticulous description with emotional expression, and contains rich contents in symbolic comparison.
Phonology: every other sentence rhymes, that is, enough, buckle, Europe, fate, shadow and Ian. Three generations
children
Bathed in the mud;
dad
Sweating in the soil;
grandpa
Buried in the soil.
decode
A person's experience from birth to death
Zhuanghusun
Squeezed to death and kept silent,
If you don't complain when you die,
I'm exhausted-
For others.
Country night
The sun has just set,
Adults use horror stories
Tuck the child in,
(That prudence is dreaming.
The dim shadows of trees outside.
And boundless bright moon)
Turn off the lights again,
Ten thousand Jin's eyelids hit,
Connect the heart with the ear,
Be alert to the dog's movements.
someone
-Thoughts on Commemorating Lu Xun
Some people are still alive.
He died;
Some people died.
He's alive.
someone
Riding on the people's heads: "Oh, how great I am!"
someone
Bend down and be a cow and a horse for the people.
someone
Carve your name on a stone as "immortal";
someone
I'd rather be a weed and wait for the underground fire.
someone
He lives and no one else can live;
someone
He lives to make life better for most people.
Riding on people's heads,
People broke him down;
Those who work for the people,
People will always remember him!
Carve your name on the stone,
The name decays earlier than the corpse;
Wherever the spring breeze blows,
There are green weeds everywhere.
He's alive, and no one else can,
His fate can be seen;
He lives for most people, those who live better,
The crowd held him high.