Guo Xiaochuan's poems fall into several categories.

Guo Xiaochuan's poems have distinctive artistic features. On poetry, he respected originality and thought that "poetry is creation and everything is renewed". "In the field of literature, to gain a foothold, that is to say, to reach a wide audience, we must open up a new world in thought and art. If you can't make your work distinctive and refreshing, there will be no result. " When writing his own poems, Guo Xiaochuan always tries to express his unique feelings and understanding of life through original artistic images.

Guo Xiaochuan (19 19- 1976) was the first generation of outstanding poets in the Republic of China. Since 1955 published the political lyric "To Young Citizens", the poet has entered a vigorous creative period. Later, he wrote narrative poems such as Ode to Snow, Deep Valley, One and Eight, General Trilogy and Lyrics Staring at the Starry Sky. Among them, The General Trilogy, Hymn of Snow White and Deep Valley are excellent works of long narrative poems after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

In the 1960s, he created many works, such as Charm of Xiamen, Country Avenue, Green Curtain of Jujube Trees in Sugarcane Forest, Green Curtain of Sugarcane Forest, Toast, Going Out to Yangguan in the West and so on, and formed his own profound artistic style.

During the Cultural Revolution, his works Autumn in Tuanbowa, Birthday and Qiu Ge were full of hidden worries and deep sad feelings.

The overall characteristics of Guo Xiaochuan's poems are: bright era glory, shining with the spark of philosophy.

Guo Xiaochuan is also good at condensing his careful observation of life and things into philosophical themes, which makes many of his poems profound and thought-provoking.