? I. Writing background: In July 1932, Ai Qing was arrested for engaging in activities. At this time, he began to write poems. The poem "Reed Flute" was written in prison and on March 28th, 933 at/kloc-0.
Second, the content appreciation: This poem is the poet Ai Qing's voice against the prison, and also shows his rebellious feelings. It can be said that the voices of resistance and rebellion are all displayed around a reed flute.
The poem begins with: "I brought back a flute from your colorful Europa." The implication here is that, compared with what the author encountered, Europa is still a place where all kinds of artistic creation are allowed to exist, so the reed flute has become a symbol of artistic creation. Ai Qing found this reed flute there. Then he said, "With it, I used to walk on the edge of the Atlantic like at home", showing the unrestrained intimacy of living in Europa. At this point in the poem, the author suddenly turned and began to write a poem. After ending his wandering life in a foreign country, he returned to his native land. Instead, he lamented: "Now, I have committed a crime, and the reed flute is also forbidden here." Reed flute is no longer with me, accompanied by a chain that is "louder than my singing". In other words, in this reality, social life and artistic creation have been strictly prohibited. Therefore, for the reed flute, or for artistic creation, "humiliation is painful."
In the last twelve lines of the poem, his lyricism turned to the other side, saying that he would "put his hand into mine in the burning flame like 1789". This shows how eager the poet is to devote himself to the struggle. He also vowed never to curse the darkness with this reed flute-that is, his own artistic creation.
This poem also has a subtitle, "In memory of the late poet Apollinaire". Therefore, this poem starts from the thirteenth line and inserts a long lyric poem for the French poet.
Third, artistic technique: Reed flute is a very long lyric poem. The poet takes the relationship between "I" and the reed flute and the tragic situation as the longitudinal clue, and the contrast between colorful Europa and Apollinaire along the Atlantic coast, freedom and the Bastille on the beach and the chain louder than singing as the horizontal clue, forming a three-dimensional poetic structure. The relationship between the reed flute and the "I" was originally true, because the unreasonable events displayed on the horizontal line, such as the humiliation of the reed flute, required the "I" to reach into the burning flame to save, and so on. , making the relationship between the reed flute and "I" illusory, which is a symbolic use. In addition to symbolism, this poem symbolizes emotion with images, and also has direct lyricism.
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