Say goodbye to Cambridge again
-Xu Zhimo
I left quietly,
When I came softly;
I waved gently,
Say goodbye to the western clouds.
Golden willow by the river,
Is the bride in the sunset;
Shadows in the waves,
Ripple in my heart.
Green grass on the soft mud,
Oily, swaying at the bottom of the water;
In the gentle waves of He Kang River,
I would like to be an aquatic plant!
A pool in the shade of elm trees,
Not a clear spring, but a rainbow in the sky;
Crushed between floating algae,
Precipitate a rainbow-like dream.
Looking for dreams? Lift a long pole,
Back to greener grass;
Full of stars,
Play songs in a starry place.
But I can't play songs,
Quiet is a farewell flute;
Summer insects are also silent for me,
Silence is Cambridge tonight!
I left quietly,
Just as I came quietly;
I waved my sleeve,
Don't take away a cloud.
Enjoy 1:
Elegant and charming, passionate attachment, fresh and picturesque parting and charming scenery are the aesthetic feelings conveyed to readers in Farewell to Cambridge. The gentleness of waving goodbye to the cloud contains a lot of true feelings. The quiet Cambridge is so touching, gentle, quiet and affectionate, and no earthly noise is allowed to spoil the good situation at the moment. The energetic "Golden Willow" and "Green Grass" decorate Cambridge with deep affection, and the poet transcends the immediate scenery, blending "Rainbow in the sky" and "Gorgeous splendor of stars" into the Hekanghe River, blending the charm of heaven and earth, and opening up a broader imagination space for us: the beautiful scenery and strong interest are combined in "gentle waves" to be eternal.
Section by section analysis and evaluation. (Play a scenic film about Cambridge)
1. In the first section, I waved goodbye to the clouds in the western sky with three words of "tenderness", which set a lyrical tone for the whole poem, with both hard-to-give-up feelings and faint helplessness and sadness.
2. In the second section, I wrote about willows on the shore. "Golden Willow" is a vivid description of willow trees in the sunset. It is beautiful and graceful, like a "bride", which not only symbolizes its physical beauty, but also conveys the poet's infinite joy and attachment. Who can leave a beautiful wedding? "Yan Ying" and "rippling blue waves" are in "my mind", where things and me are integrated and scenes blend.
The third section is about the aquatic plants of He Kanghe River. The green aquatic plants are swaying in the water waves, comfortable and calm. And it means to greet the poet. "I would like to be a water plant", which is not only integrated with my things, but also expresses the poet's eternal love for He Kang, and he is willing to stay in He Kang forever. Born and bred.
4. In the fourth quarter, write about the pool clearing under the elm tree. The clear spring reflects the rainbow in the sky and is colorful. Like a dream made by a rainbow, it is deposited among floating algae. Blend feelings into the scene and bring people into a dreamlike artistic conception.
5. In the fifth section, the poet's feelings reached a climax. In the process of wandering around the scenery, the poet seems to forget his dream of leaving soon and walking with a long pole to find a "rainbow". When I came back in the evening, the water waves and starlight reflected each other, and the poet couldn't help but want to "sing", and his mood was at its peak.
6. In the sixth quarter, extremes meet, and joy begets sorrow. The poet returned to reality from fantasy and was depressed. Therefore, we can't "sing". Only when we "quietly" sound the sad sound of parting will the poetic scene be restored. Even the summer worm seems to have realized the feeling of parting and remained silent. Silence is Cambridge tonight, which is full of feelings of parting that cannot be resolved, and pushes the poet's meditative state of mind to the extreme.
7. Section 7 echoes the beginning. The poet is so reluctant to leave, but he "doesn't take away a cloud", and he doesn't want to disturb his beloved Cambridge and let Cambridge grieve with me. This paragraph is not a simple repetition of the first paragraph, but more affectionate and nostalgic. At the same time, there is also a free and easy charm.
In the first section, it is the three words "gentleness" that make us realize the beauty of Cambridge, and the most concentrated expression of this beauty is the word "quietness". Three "gentleness" is the poet's reflection on the beauty of Cambridge. Even if he "leaves", he will keep this quiet beauty in his heart, and he can't bear to break it and show his love, which sets the emotional tone for the whole poem.
The second to sixth sections are typical summaries of the whole process of the author's feelings and thoughts.
The golden willow in the sunset is the concrete embodiment of this quiet beauty, and this golden willow in the poet's heart, like a quiet and beautiful bride, can make him feel uneasy and excited. The bride is so beautiful that the poet dare not look at her directly. He looked away. Looking down, I saw the "green grass" swaying freely under the soft waves. The water grass swayed gently with the waves, as if showing off its freedom with the poet. In this scene, who doesn't want to be such a water plant? There was a flash of light in the corner of the poet's eye, which made him involuntarily turn his head to look ―― it was Byron Tan, but in the sunset, it was a broken rainbow beside his dream! The rainbow full of dreamy colors is also looking for its own dreams, which naturally reminds the poet of the scene of singing and dreaming by the river. At this time, the poet seems to be dreaming again, but the reality makes it impossible for the poet to sing: parting is imminent, no; I can't bear to be quiet and beautiful in my heart. Only "quietness" is what poets want. At this time, Cambridge was silent and seemed unwilling to leave.
The last section, echoing the first section, is also very in-depth. "Gently" has become "quietly", and things and I are beyond words.
The poet wrote his deep attachment to Cambridge with beautiful images and a quiet and peaceful mind.
The artistic form of Farewell to Cambridge;
1, form: four lines and one section are arranged in disorder, with almost the same number of words. The beauty of architecture is clear: the first sentence uses three "gentleness", which makes us feel as if the poet is tiptoeing, like a breeze, and quietly swaying away; And the deepest affection, in the tide, has become a "floating cloud in the west." In the last section, the three words "Jing Jing" correspond to the first missing ring. Come smartly, go smartly. With a wave of his sleeve, what shook off? Needless to say. Why take away a cloud when you've been in Cambridge once? -the first and last cycles echo each other, and the structure is rigorous, giving people the beauty of the whole.
2. Language: the beauty of rhythm and melody-the beauty of music is clear: for example, in the first verse of the poem, the adjective "light" is used three times, which makes the rhythm light, the melody soft and subtle, as if the poet were walking on tiptoe; The second verse of this poem is musically like a happy tune played with a violin full of bows; In the form of rhyme, strictly abide by the second and fourth rhymes, cadence, catchy. This beautiful rhythm ripples like ripples, which is not only the voice of pious students seeking dreams, but also conforms to the ebb and flow of poets' emotions and has a unique aesthetic pleasure. The seven verses are strewn at random, and the rhythm spreads slowly in them, which is quite a poet's temperament of "white robe and thin suburban island". It can be said that it embodies Xu Zhimo's poetic beauty thought.
3. Artistic conception: Liu Jin's Bride flaunts a rainbow-like dream-the beauty of painting is obvious: almost every section of eight poems contains a paintable picture, which gives people a visual aesthetic enjoyment. One of the manifestations of the picture is that the poet used colorful words and created a series of vivid artistic conception. The golden willows covered with sunset glow, the green grass on the soft mud and the pool under the shade of the tree came into view one by one. The two metaphors are quite accurate: the first one boldly imagines the "golden willow by the river" as a "bride in the sunset", which makes the dead scenery become a living thing, warm and pleasant; The second is to suspect that the clear pool water is a "rainbow in the sky". Crushed by floating algae, it became a "rainbow dream". It is in the madness of love that poets such as Zhuang Zhou Mengdie forget themselves, feel the "colorful shadows in the waves/ripples in their hearts", and are willing to be the swaying aquatic plants in the gentle waves of He Kang River. This good structure of the unity of subject and object is not only a wonderful hand, but also a painstaking effort; In verses 5 and 6, the poet opens up a new artistic conception. Borrowing the four refrain "dream/dream", "full of starlight,/singing in the splendor of starlight", "singing,/but I can't sing" and "summer insects are silent for me/silence is Cambridge tonight", the whole poem is pushed to a climax, just like the He Kang River, full of twists and turns! But his madness of falling on the greener grass and singing in the bright stars did not come true. At this time, silence and silence are better than many love words! . The poet seems to be caring for a lover's sleep, fearing that this dream will be damaged by the slightest bit, and the melody like a sigh is perfectly unified with parting. The second expression of the beauty of the picture is that the poet makes every picture become a dynamic picture through words with strong movements, such as dancing, rippling, swaying, crushing, swimming back and dancing, which gives people a three-dimensional sense.
Appreciation 2:
Farewell to Cambridge was first published in New Moon in 1928, with volume 1, number 10, 18+00, and was later included in the poetry collection Tiger. It is an out-of-print work written by the poet on his way back to China after revisiting Cambridge.
At the beginning, the poet wrote down his feelings of leaving his alma mater in three gentle words, which gave people a quiet atmosphere and showed his nostalgia for Cambridge incisively and vividly. In the poet's mind, Cambridge has been idealized and poetic, and the poet is full of affection for every grass and tree there. The clouds in the west, the golden willows by the river, the green grass on the soft mud, the clear spring under the shade of elm trees, the starry night and the silent summer insects are all idealistic, poetic and personalized. The graceful willows along the He Kang River are dyed brilliant gold by the sunset, just like a beautiful bride wearing a red veil. The sunset casts her beautiful shadow on the rippling Hekang River. The poet was completely attracted by this picturesque evening beauty. His mind is in a trance, and his heart seems to be another wave of He Kanghe. The beautiful shadow of the bride rippled in my heart. The poet was so obsessed with Cambridge that he was envious when he saw the green grass swaying underwater on the soft mud. He is willing to be a water plant, eager to live forever in the gentle caress of He Kanghe like that water plant. Under the shade of elm trees, the pool of clear water was also touched by the sunset, as if a rainbow of seven colors was crushed among floating seaweed, precipitating a rainbow-like dream.
The poet stayed in He Kang for some time, but when night fell, he was reluctant to leave. He propped up a long pole, wandered in the deeper grass, and went boating in the colorful Cambridge night to find his dreams. Singing here is the best time, but the poet has no intention to sing, and Xia Chong is silent for me. Silence is Cambridge tonight! It goes without saying that this is really "silence is better than sound"! This naturally produces the "quiet" mood in the last section. The poet left quietly with some nostalgia and some melancholy.
"There is painting in poetry and poetry in painting" is the ideal realm of China's traditional poetry, and the poetic aesthetic concepts of music, painting and architecture are presented to readers completely at this time. Farewell to Cambridge is a beautiful invisible picture, and every paragraph in the poem can be called a charming picture. For example, in the second paragraph of the poem, the weeping willows and sparkling color shadows along the He Kang River, which are graceful by the sunset, constitute a picture of the evening scene of He Kanghe.
In addition, the unique innovation of the whole poem in structure and rhythm also gives us a glimpse of the poet's wonderful artistic style. The whole poem consists of seven sections, each with four lines and two or three beats, and the rhythm is very distinct; Each sentence rhymes with two or four sentences, each sentence naturally changes rhyme, and it is cadence and catchy to read; The neatness is full of changes, which makes the whole poem full of beauty!
About the author:
Xu Zhimo (1896- 193 1) is a native of Haining, Zhejiang. 1920 Studying in the UK. 1923 joined the crescent society and became the representative poet of the crescent society poetry school.
Farewell to Cambridge is one of the representative works of Xu Zhimo, a famous modern poet in China. Cambridge, the seat of the famous Cambridge University in Britain. 1920 65438+ 10-1922 in August, the poet studied here. The Cambridge period was a turning point in Xu Zhimo's life. 1In the autumn of 928, Xu Zhimo visited Britain again, and his old place was full of poetry. He turned his life experience into a series of emotions, which merged into the beautiful scenery of Cambridge and galloped in the poet's imagination. Farewell to Cambridge is a beautiful lyric poem, just like an elegant and beautiful light music. The vivid artistic conception and flowing pictures in the poem give people beautiful enjoyment.
The whole poem takes the emotional ups and downs when leaving Cambridge as a clue to express the deep affection for Cambridge's departure. The poet begins with "gently", "walking", "coming", "waving" and "parting cloud", and then depicts the flowing picture with the alternating method of reality and reality, which constitutes a wonderful artistic conception everywhere, showing the poet's love for Cambridge, longing for the past life and helpless sadness at present in detail.
The poet avoided the object of farewell poems in general. This poem is not about people, but about "clouds in the west". The object of farewell moved from the world to the sky, jumping out of the stereotype of "holding hands and staring with tears" or greeting and urging, giving people a fresh and elegant feeling.
The poet created a special atmosphere for parting. Generally, parting, or urging by hand, or stamping by hand, always smells of "hurting parting". However, this poem only paints the scenery without imitating the sound, and creates a silent environment with "lightness", "quietness" and "silence", which eliminates the heavy feeling brought by "sadness" when leaving and adds elegant elements.
The imagery in this poem is very unique. According to the general situation, when the poet bids farewell to Cambridge and there are people to see him off, the poet will also see tall buildings and traffic in his eyes and hear the roar of machinery in his ears. But all this, the poet didn't take the camera, and the images of expressing feelings written in the poem are all natural objects such as "clouds", "golden willows", "soft waves", "green grass" and "starlight", avoiding fireworks and creating a fresh and beautiful artistic conception.
This poem is like Chopin's serenade. There are four lines and one section, and the arrangement of each section is patchy. The number of words in each sentence is basically six or seven words (there are eight words in the middle), which is neat in the uneven changes; Each verse rhymes, changing rhymes one by one, and pursuing syllable fluctuation and melody sense. In addition, the repeated use of reduplicated words such as "light" and "quiet" enhances the light rhythm of poetry. The end of the poem is similar to the first sentence, echoing from afar, giving people a fantastic feeling.
Almost every section of seven poems contains a picture that can be drawn. Poets use colorful words to bring people the enjoyment of visual beauty, such as the clouds waving goodbye gently in the western sky, the reflection of golden willows on the banks of Hekang River, the swaying aquatic plants at the bottom of He Kang River, and the green pool covered with floating algae under elms. Moreover, through words with strong actions such as "waving", "rippling", "swaying", "rolling", "wandering back" and "waving", every picture becomes a dynamic picture, giving people a three-dimensional sense.
The poet Wen Yiduo advocated the beauty of music, painting and architecture in modern poetry in the 1920s. Farewell to Cambridge can be said to have three beauties, which can be called the swan song in Xu Zhimo's poems.