The first vernacular poem

2 1 century China, do people still write poems? Some people say that poetry outside books will be popular all over the country, which shows that there are no poets in China and the world no longer writes poetry. We seem to have put it on the shelf for a long time. After all, no matter how hard you try to create, you can't compare with the ancients.

An era should have an era of literature. At the beginning of last century, new literature activists called for vernacular poems to replace ancient poems. For a time, everyone could write and everyone could do it. But do you know what the first vernacular poem in the history of China looks like?

Today, Baicaojun found it out for everyone-"Two Butterflies" published by Hu Shi in New Youth magazine in February 19 17;

Two yellow butterflies, both flying into the sky;

For some reason, one flew back.

The other, lonely and pitiful;

I have no intention of going to heaven. It's so lonely.

This poem will be criticized today. What do you mean by "flying to the sky", "why", "poor" and "too lonely" ... not only colloquial, but also casual in words and too simple in content. Some people really want to read the profound meaning from it, but they can't think of it after racking their brains.

Hu Shi really can't write poetry?

Is he really only the level of "two butterflies"?

I'm afraid not. The value of this poem lies not in the literature itself, but in encouraging and urging the new youth in the new era. When people saw Hu Shi's new poetry, they found that "writing poetry is just talk", "writing poetry is free" and "then I can be a poet", so they began to write, and the new poetry movement was in full swing, which opened a huge curtain of modern poetry.

In today's poetry world, affectation and flattery are more and more prosperous. Looking back on Hu Shi's new poems, I can't help feeling that Two Butterflies is fresh and lovely. Although it lacks language and rhythm, its emotion is rare and pure.