This is just some people’s opinion. Some people say that "poets emerge from grief and indignation", while others say that "the quiet years can be used as long songs." "Song" is "poem", "sadness and anger" also produce poets, and "quietness and happiness" also produce poets. What's so special about this?
From the perspective of the origin of poetry, there is the theory of labor chants and the theory of entertainment and leisure. In other words, the earliest origin of poetry is when people are working or leisure-that is, when working or playing, they have feelings to express. For example, if the work is not satisfactory, roar twice; when leisure is very happy, sing a few lines- This is the origin of poetry, which is not lofty at all.
In the final analysis, poetry comes from songs and from life. When our daily speech cannot express the strong emotions in our hearts, we have to use a tone that is different from ordinary people, use rhythmic language to attract other people's attention, and tell others that my emotions are not normal, and you have to take it seriously - - This kind of sound rises and falls, and through rhyme reaches the earliest rhythmic language - that is, song, which later became poetry.
So, poetry is not only the product of emotions, but also the product of emotional outbursts that are different from ordinary and higher than normal communication. This is the so-called art that comes from life (emotional product) and is higher than For the sake of life (strong emotions).
Compared to "joy", an emotion that makes people feel physically happy, "sorrow and anger" can cause physical discomfort, and this discomfort makes people need to express it more externally. We say "having fun alone" or "crying alone". Which situation is more acceptable? Of course it's a secret. Therefore, people who are saturated with sadness and resentment need to talk even more. Such words with the desire to talk are the most powerful.
Of course, not all texts involving "sorrow and indignation" are good works, but this does not affect the saying that "sorrow and indignation produce poets", because the definition of "poet" is extremely broad. When you encounter something that you can't figure out, just write a couple of lines of limerick to satirize it, and you can still be called a "poet".
But if we say that "poems are poor before work", it will be different. Because "work" poems are good poems, that is, works with a certain level of poetry. Most of these works have an emotional shell of "sadness and indignation", but they are definitely not decadent or resigned, but capable of being "poor" and "sad and indignant". Only by digging out hopes and shining points, and then guiding people's thoughts and social trends through powerful words, can they be called masterpieces.
Poets like Du Fu and Li Bai were in the transition period from the prosperous Tang Dynasty to the mid-Tang Dynasty. After the Anshi Rebellion was put down and the country was rejuvenated, a large number of mid-Tang poets such as Han Yu, Bai Juyi, and Yuan Zhen became more hopeful. Therefore, great poets emerged in large numbers during the prosperous and mid-Tang Dynasties, and a large number of outstanding works appeared, establishing the pinnacle of Tang poetry.
Some time ago, the domestic science fiction blockbuster "The Wandering Earth" had a very popular line: "Hope is something as precious as diamonds..." Many friends think it is fake, big, and empty. In fact, all literary and artistic works cannot lack hope. This is an anesthetic to people, but it is also the greatest value of art.