The fog wetted my wings, but the wind did not allow me to hesitate any longer. My beloved shore just said goodbye to you yesterday. Today you are here again. Tomorrow we will meet at another latitude. It is a storm. A light connects us, it is another storm, another light separates us. We are not afraid of the ends of the earth. How can you be on my voyage day and night? I am in your sight
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The so-called "low range" part of Shu Ting's poems refers to those works that use hazy and symbolic images to express the poet's inner complex mentality and delicate emotions. Such as "Self-Portrait", "Past Events Two or Three", "Fairy Tale Poet", "Brig", "Beidaihe Bank" and so on. Due to their rich connotations and tortuous expressions, these works have rich aesthetic value and require people to understand and appreciate them through multi-level analysis and perspective. Therefore, it is often regarded as an obscure "flower in the fog". "The Brig" is a masterpiece in which the poet uses hazy poetry to express people's subjective emotions through symbols and images, thereby expressing human nature. The whole poem expresses the poet's dual mentality and complex emotions. On the one hand, it is the "light" for ideal pursuit, and on the other hand, it is the "shore" for love. In the process of persistent pursuit of ideals, he sometimes meets An and sometimes separates from An, which is both harmonious and contradictory. At the same time, in the process of pursuing his ideal, the poet sometimes feels the difficulty and heaviness of moving forward, and sometimes feels a sense of urgency of the times and does not allow himself to stop. "The fog wetted my wings/but the wind did not allow me to hesitate any longer." The emotions and mentality expressed in the poem are not only the poet's own and personal things, but at the same time, they are also commonly felt by the young people of that specific era. And something indescribable. The poet used her delicate heart and symbolic skills to express it perfectly, making it a popular masterpiece. An important artistic feature of this poem is symbolism. In misty poems, symbols mostly use specific things and images that people can directly understand to replace certain subjective emotions and certain social attitudes of people. In short, it is to use concreteness to express abstraction. The title of the poem "Brig" is a symbol. The purpose of the whole poem is not to describe an objective brig, but to use the specific image of the brig to express the poet himself and express the poet's dual mentality and complex emotions. In other words, the poet feels that I am like a brig. The "double mast" in the brig also implies some deep meaning. The presence of two masts means that love and career are coexisting but different from each other in the poet's mind. In addition, the words "shore", "wind", "storm" and "lamp" in the poem are obviously symbolic. "Shore" symbolizes the destination of women's love, "wind" means the motivation given to the poet by the urgency of the times, "storm" alludes to the unusual times experienced by the poet and his contemporaries, and "lamp" is connected with the belief in light. together. The use of imagery is another important artistic feature of this poem. The so-called imagery is to use external scenery to express the poet's subjective mentality. It is different from the "artistic conception" in traditional poetry. The artistic conception is generally to touch the scenery and express emotions through the scenery, so as to achieve the artistic purpose of embodying emotion in the scenery. In hazy poetry, poets mostly use subjective emotions and various human mentality as the objects of expression. Starting from subjective emotions, they imagine and construct some specific pictures and scenery, so as to visualize abstract emotions and achieve artistic expression. effect. What the poet wants to express in "Brig" is a state of mind, an emotion, and an emotional process. But when it comes to language, there are specific images such as "ship", "shore", "storm", and "lamp". These specific images are combined to form a complete picture with a dynamic process. Underneath the picture, the author's heart and true feelings are hidden and beating. The imagery of the whole poem is fresh and the combination is natural, allowing the poet to express his inner strong emotions freely. In addition, the language of this poem is natural and fluent, and the emotions contained in the poem are solemn and delicate. It has both deep personal lamentation and broad sentiments of the times.
The last four lines of the poem: "I am not afraid of the ends of the earth/How can I live day and night/You are on my voyage/I am in your sight", which has been widely circulated and quoted as an aphorism.