Appreciation of the Happiness and Charm of Snowflakes in Xu Zhimo's Poems

This poem was written on1February 30th, 924. Published in 1925, 65438+ 10, 17, Volume I, No.6 of Modern Review. The poet Xu Zhimo wrote in the preface to the tiger collection: "The poet is also a stupid bird. He put his soft heart close to the thorn of the rose, singing the glory of the stars and the moon and the hope of mankind, and he would not stop until his painstaking efforts were exhausted and the white flowers were dyed red. His pain and happiness are profound. " If we put together the happiness of snowflakes, Farewell to Cambridge and I don't know where the wind blows (hereinafter referred to as Snowflakes, Cambridge and Wind) in Xu's poems, it just shows the continuity of the poet's writing and his deep pursuit of hopes and ideals from this angle. This is an interesting contrast, because these three famous poems have the same style and clear internal rhyme, which is easy to remind people of Mao Dun's sentence: "If it weren't for Xu Zhimo, you wouldn't have made this poem!" (Mao Dun's On Xu Zhimo) The most intense and radical expression of ideals and hopes in Xu's poems is Baby. However, it is the above three poems that really convey the mental journey of the poet "a decadent who once simply believed and flowed into doubt" (Xu Zhimo's preface to the tiger collection). In the stage of modernism, symbol is not only an artistic means, but also a way of thinking. The poet's mental journey towards lifelong belief is a complex literary world, and readers often have to follow the tortuous footsteps and suddenly realize at the end. Hu Shizhi pointed out in Memories of Time Past: "His outlook on life is really a simple belief, and there are only three big characters in it: one is love, the other is freedom, and the third is beauty. ..... The history of his life is only the history of his pursuit of this simple belief. " Xu Zhimo used a lot of words to resist the heaviness and complexity of the real world, but in the face of the destruction of the real world, he finally retained the infinite melancholy of Happiness of Snowflakes, Dream of Cambridge and I don't know where the wind blows. If the essence of modern poetry is that poets get inner innocence through reality and stick to lofty ideals (traditional poetry was established in the classical era when ideals have not been broken), then it is not difficult for readers to understand people's preference for snowflakes, Cambridge and wind. Among Xu Zhimo's poems, love poems are the most distinctive part of all his poems, expressing his pursuit of love and beauty. Sometimes he takes his own emotional foundation as the object, and sometimes he takes the imaginary opposite sex as the object. In The Joy of Snowflakes, the poet sublimated it, which not only linked the pursuit of love with the ideal of changing the real society, but also contained positive factors of anti-feudal ethics and demanding individual liberation. It is warm and fresh, sincere and natural, and truly expresses the poet's persistent pursuit of all good things. This poem is divided into four parts. It is better to say that these four poems with sonorous rhythm have the beauty of chapter structure, but they reflect the wonder of the poet's passionate thoughts. A sober poet avoids the barriers of reality and builds everything on "if". "If" makes this poem set a soft and hazy style, and its enthusiasm and freedom are shrouded in a faint aura of sadness. Contrary to reading, a poet may face the snowflakes flying outside the window with tears in his eyes when writing, or he may walk alone in the world of snowflakes flying. His soul was tortured by imprisonment. The reality and the heaviness of the body tormented him. When "the glory of the stars and the moon and the hope of mankind" makes him sing "the joy of snowflakes", it can be said that the process of poetry itself is the process of soul flying. The Happiness of Snowflakes is a pure poem (that is, a "pure poem" proposed by Valery). Here, the real "I" was completely evacuated, and snowflakes replaced "I". Snowflakes are flying in mid-air, flying straight to the "quiet house" and meeting her in the "garden" until they melt into "her gentle heart". Poets compare themselves to "snowflakes", using metonymy and taking flying snowflakes as images. "She" is the poet's imaginary lover, and also a kind of sublimated sacred love, which skillfully conveys the poet's persistent pursuit of love and beautiful ideal. But this is a snowflake, full of the poet's thoughts and worn by the soul. This is the snowflake of spirit, he is the spirit of human beings, and he will die for beauty. It is worth recalling that he did not feel pain or despair in the pursuit of beauty. On the contrary, he fully enjoyed the freedom of choice and the joy of love. Snowflakes "fly, fly, fly" is a very firm, cheerful and relaxed persistence, which is the result of the poet's self-knowledge and consciousness. In fact, the poet is crossing the reality to gain inner innocence and stick to lofty ideals. And this beauty, she lives in a quiet place, in and out of the snow garden, emitting the fragrance of cinnabar plum, and her heart is like a lake full of waves. She is an eternal illusion in modern aesthetics. The rotation, delay and final destination of snowflakes are completely consistent with the freedom, firmness and persistence of the poet's beautiful soul. For the poet Xu Zhimo, there may be deep personal objective factors, but choosing "she" instead of "he" to find the dawn of the new century is the poet's internal motivation. The rhythm of this poem is the sound of nature and the symphony of the soul. Stepping into the "what if" architectural world, people are often not only bathed in beauty, but also guarded by budding beauty. Simply understanding pure poetry, the word "ivory tower" is still out of date, but readers need tolerance. Cambridge is another excellent pure poem by Xu Shi after Snowflake. In front of the beautiful scenery of nature and the spiritual hometown of mankind, the poet came and walked gently, "without taking away a cloud." This kind of guardian feeling is completely poetic, completely in line with the choice of the soul in the snowflake. Only when the dream pursued and guarded is finally pierced by the sharp reality, can the wind finally open the truth of "not knowing" and the infinite nostalgia and melancholy of "wandering in the light waves of dreams" The Happiness of Snowflakes has a harmonious rhythm and is full of musical beauty. For example, the poet connects the three "flies" with repetition, and there is no lack of brisk rhythm. Secondly, the happiness of snowflakes is also full of painting beauty. Not only the "quiet residence" and the quiet "garden" construct an elegant and beautiful picture, but also the repeated "flying, flying, flying" weaves a profound picture of the soul. Literally, the happiness of snowflakes is also imaginative and symbolic. For example, the word "she" in the last three sentences can symbolize the poet's "sweetheart" and can also be understood as the ideal pursuit that the poet yearns for. The author combines the subjective feeling of pursuing the ideal with the objective natural scenery, thus turning the real scene into a virtual scene, creating a beautiful artistic conception and showing its flying and elegant artistic style.