On the road of life, choice is very important after all. Don't choose something that doesn't belong to you or doesn't suit you. Just like the example in the poem, fish originally belonged to the vast sea, why should it cling to the sky? Bird, its hometown is blue sky, why go to the spoony sea? . What will happen if the fish goes to the sky? What if the bird falls into the sea? So do we ... In life, blind choice and pursuit will only lead us to no return. So, how can we turn back?
The lyric object of "you" in poetry is abstract and concrete. "You" refers to anyone or a specific person in the world. Because of the uncertainty of "you", everyone can read himself from the poem. There are many poems that can read their own shadows, but this poem has its own uniqueness.
First, it embodies a kind of care. It can be said that it is a concern for individual life, and it can also be said that it is a sympathy for the whole human experience.
Secondly, he showed a kind of sympathy. Humans have the same dream, but there is always a distance between our reality and our dream. Out of reach, human progress is always difficult. Compassion is our greatest psychological comfort when we are caught in a certain whirlpool.
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The whole poem "If"
If you are a big river,
Why care if others treat you like a stream?
If you are a mountain,
Why care about others treating you like the ground;
If you are in spring,
Why sigh for the withering of a flower?
If you were a seed,
Why worry that there is no result;
If you were you, smile quietly and be fearless.
If you must go, how can I keep you?
Even if I keep you, your heart will float in the distance.
If you are destined never to look back.
Why should I worry alone?
Even Lacrimosa can't dispel her worries all day.
Leave if you want. Life has spring and autumn.
Don't look back, don't look back.
I'm not without you.