Reading the poem "It's Time" can help us understand the release of the heart under long-term pressure. This release is based on true feelings, but it does not lose its true colors. True feelings and simplicity reflect the poet's innocence and childlike innocence. They constructed a poet's poetic heart like a blank sheet of paper, from which an ignorant personality was born, and driven by this personality, a deafening sound was rushed out, trying to wake up a generation.
This kind of voice did not break away from the stereotype of literati spirit, however, its inner struggle and grief continued the spiritual background of "expressing ambition through poetry". This is the tradition of China literati since ancient times. When the spiritual temperament of an era is pale or even dark, poetry is the first to become a piercing and inspiring horn, highlighting the inspiring role of this literary form to the public. Therefore, a poet with the spirit of scholar makes no secret of his knowledge of the times, even if his knowledge is poured out to his heart's content, he will face a series of disasters (undeniably, this is also the personnel experience that China literati can't get rid of after being convicted of words), and that kind of passion will be accompanied by inspiring words, which will become an indelible historical monument.
This monument bears the poet's confidence. Although he is as weak as a scholar, the poems surging in the poet's heart are as heavy as fate. There are grievances, indignation and sadness in the poem, which converge into an intangible substance called "pain", suppressing the desire of young people to sing loudly. But when the desire is suppressed, it will endure under the guidance of pain, and dare not make a sound or speak. In a painful situation, there is a chance to break the shackles, just like a beam of light in the dark, and then it becomes a call and announcement to the public.
And the public, in the poem "It's Time", takes "young people" as the concrete representation, proclaiming a kind of energetic generate similar to young people. The longer the pressure is suppressed, the stronger the desire to speak. The opportunity has come, and it's time to "young people/sing loudly". At this time, the poet could not restrain his inner excitement and loudly encouraged the young people to "shake off all the ups and downs in their hearts/look at the sky." "Skylight" contains the poet's hope, and only under the skylight can the five flavors in the heart be truly reflected. Truth is the poet's frank inner expression, which does not vent personal pain for no reason, but contains spiritual demands.
The spirit of the May 4th Movement is the expression of the aspirations of the times in poetry. The poet makes no secret that his poems are torches that burn all the barriers in the world, and its light is the continuation of the May 4th spirit. Spirit is an eternal fire. Although crisp as "new vegetation", it is "fearless!" The poet used the sunlight shining on the world as a metaphor for a scene with strong light, which is enough to form "the separation of the world" and make the sun the only luminous body in the world. The poet's confidence lies in that there is still an immortal spirit burning in the sun. This is the torch that the sun can't stop, and it is a poem that the poet confides to people with his true feelings. It declares that the May 4th Movement has not gone far, and the spirit of the May 4th Movement has not been ignored and annihilated.
At this time of "our today", the poet spoke in the voice of "I". "I" is the projection of the poet's true self. Abandon the "I" who sang the wind and petals in a soft tone yesterday, abandon the "I" today, and "sing the song in my heart/whip all the darkness in the sun!" The poet no longer pretends to be himself, sings insincere hymns and "plays the heavy strings" without being afraid of yesterday. Focusing on "today", the poet issued a series of tortures on human nature with a string of "why".
Those tortures actually hide the well-known answers in life. Without a warm group, the wall between us, you and me, no one dares to be honest with each other. Under the torture of the poet, everyone's living situation reveals the normal life of an era. It has nothing to do with courage, but with the birth of conscience.
Conscience makes the poet's anger try his best to express his self-contained voice when the opportunity of "time is up" comes. This is also the voice of "my generation". In the poet's view, "my generation" are brothers who have learned the truth. It distinguishes a boundary between light and darkness, and it is also a kind of confidence of the poet. I am confident that my call to "my generation" will be answered by "brothers who sing the truth". Because only those who believe in the truth will have the belief of "holding the torch" and "burying all the darkness in the sun! ! ! "
(End of the full text. Made on May 2, 2022)
About the author: Wang Xu. The pen names used are Wang Muyu, Xu Muyu, Xu Muyu's bookcase, and Wang Xu 326, who lives in Chongqing.