Appreciation of Xu Zhimo's Poem Traveling in the Clouds

A Journey in the Clouds was written in July, 1931, only four months after Xu Zhimo was killed in a plane crash on November 19th. It was deeply influenced by romanticism and aestheticism in Europe and America.

There are two images in "Wandering": "You" and "He". You represent the cloud, and he represents Jianshui. These two images move and stay still. Moving freely, carefree; Quiet feelings are dignified and preoccupied. The state of the cloud is: graceful, comfortable, light, happy, carefree and bright; The state of Jianshui is humble, ethereal and awakened.

This poem provides us with rich imagination.

first, we can think of "cloud" as an enterprising person of life and "Jianshui" as a conservative person of life. Then, from the comparison of these two different life forms, we can see different life trajectories and meanings.

Secondly, we can think of "Yun" as a girl and "Jianshui" as a boy. Then, the situation reflected in the poem becomes a boy's unrequited love. The girl who is light and happy is "inadvertently having first-class streams on the humble ground", while the young man looks humble and infatuated. He wakes up with the brilliance of others, and he hugs their beautiful images.

Third, we can imagine "Cloud" as a boy and "Jianshui" as a girl. Then, the situation reflected in the poem becomes a girl's unrequited love. Free and light, happy and carefree boys simply "inadvertently have first-class rivers on the humble ground", while girls look humble and spoony, and the bright colors of others wake her up, and she hugs the beautiful images of others.

fourthly, we can think of "cloud" as a wanderer far away from the motherland, and "Jianshui" as a motherland that has suffered many disasters in the past century. Then, the situation in this poem has become the homesickness of the motherland looking forward to the wanderer's early return. The mother of the motherland knows that wandering outside is learning skills, so she wants to "you have flown over the mountains and cast shadows on a wider lake and sea!" " At the same time, the mother of the motherland is always thinking about the wanderer and looking forward to his early return. "He is wasting away for you, and he is looking forward to your flying back!"

The poem Traveling in the Clouds best represents Xu Zhimo's talent and poetic sentiment. It not only impresses readers with its beautiful imagination and free and easy artistic conception, but also shows the poet's hidden psychological course and life value orientation.

In this poem, we should remember the aphorism that "beauty cannot stand still in the scenery". Because beauty is fleeting like a dream, because beauty can only belong to those unfettered sons of liberty.

Xu zhimo loves Chinese culture, especially ancient Chinese. During his study in Europe, he was widely exposed to the works of Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats and others, especially the works of English romantic poets in the 19th century. Therefore, Yun You, though influenced by the romanticism and aestheticism in Europe and America, pays more attention to the norms of China's traditional poetry. It can be said that Yunyou is a good poem combining Chinese and Western.