"A Generation" is from the modern poet Gu Cheng. It is a short poem with only two lines. It was written in April 1979 and published in the 3rd issue of "Stars" in 1980. It was later included in the author's poetry collection. "Dark Eyes". The original text of the poem is as follows:
The night gave me black eyes
But I use them to find light
"A Generation" is written by Gu Chengyu, a poet of the Hazy School. A poem written in Beijing in 1979. This poem is one of the representative works of hazy poetry in the new era and is widely circulated. It expresses the voice of a generation and entrusts its ideals and ambitions - the tenacious desire and persistent pursuit of "light" after experiencing the "dark night".
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The author of this poem, Gu Cheng, is an important representative poet of the Chinese Misty Poetry School and is known as a contemporary "spiritual romantic" poet. Gu Cheng has high attainments in new poetry, old-style poetry and allegorical poetry. The line "The night gave me black eyes/I use them to find light" in his "Generation" has become a classic line of new Chinese poetry.
Gu Cheng was born in a family of poets in 1956. His father was the famous poet Gu Gong. Gu Cheng began his writing career at the age of 17 and contributed articles to various newspapers and magazines. In 1987, he began to travel to Europe for cultural exchanges. In 1988, he lived in seclusion in Waiheke Island, New Zealand, and lived a self-sufficient life. On October 8, 1993, due to a marriage dispute at his residence in New Zealand, he injured his wife Xie Ye with an ax and then hanged himself in a big tree. Xie Ye subsequently died from his injuries.
In the poem "A Generation", in the color contrast between night and light, all emotions are expressed through black eyes. A simple sentence can show that in that dark society, Gu Cheng gradually grew into a strong young man, and this young man's unyielding and exploratory spirit will support him to find his own life through the twisted dark society. Utopia.
This poem also fully embodies the artistic characteristics of Gu Cheng's poetry in terms of artistic techniques and is unique in its image structure. The poet uses images that are closely related to his feelings in life, and uses unexpected combinations to express his fresh experience of the world, life, and life.
These two short poems summarize the psychological journey of a generation, expressing the denial of dark politics and the yearning and pursuit of light. This poem is a powerful proof that poetry is the quintessence of art. Its highly condensed ideological content and highly purified artistic expression give it strength and capacity that novels, prose and other literary styles cannot have.
Reference materials?Baidu Encyclopedia-A Generation