Appreciation of Moonlit Poetry

Shen is one of the pioneers of China's modern new poetry. 19 18/month, New Youth published three of his poems, namely Pigeon, rickshaw puller and Moonlight Night. Later, his Moonlit Night and Three Strings have been praised as good poems. Kang said: "The first prose poem, and Shen's Moonlit Night has the virtue of new poetry", and thought that this poem "can only be understood but not expressed". It shows that it attracted the attention of the poetry circle as soon as it was published.

This poem is about a winter night, when the north wind roared and the frost was thick. The moon is bright and the air conditioner is attractive. The environment is Xiao Sen's and the characters are lonely, which just reflects a social aspect before the May 4th Movement-a social aspect of semi-feudal and semi-colonial China. Faced with such a life and such a situation, the poet showed his strong character and spirit of struggle: standing side by side with tall trees, not relying on them. No compromise in the cold and no retreat in loneliness show the personality awakening of a generation of young people on the eve of the May 4th Movement. Pursuing the independence of personality, freedom of thought and liberation of personality, and then arousing the awakening of the people and the nation, is the goal of the advanced youth there.

This poem is vivid and self-conscious, showing the recovery of personality and the growth of independent spirit. At that time, although China overthrew the Qing Dynasty after the Revolution of 1911, it was still under the feudal rule of Beiyang warlords, and the masses did not really wake up. Feudal ignorance and conservatism still seriously endanger our nation. Therefore, it is very important to arouse free thought and individual consciousness. Peking University, where Shen is located, is the cradle of this democratic thought; The New Youth, in which he participated, is a banner that advocates and promotes the new culture movement. The spirit of getting rid of the shackles of traditional ideas, striving for independence and the idea of personality liberation expressed in Moonlit Night are just the waves aroused by the trend of the great times.

The concise and implicit artistic conception is the outstanding artistic feature of this poem. The four poems have a wide range of meanings and are not preached. The simple line drawing technique clearly shows the independent image that stands out in the cold wind, which is vivid and pleasing to the eye. This is the ingenuity of poetry and the uniqueness of the poet. Shen Jiaxue is profound, familiar with old-style poems, and good at absorbing its brilliant artistic expression, fresh and simple, containing but not revealing; Focus on artistic conception, temperament and subtlety. The poem Moonlit Night is a typical example.