Say goodbye to Cambridge again
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 the 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.
Farewell to Cambridge consists of seven poems, each with four lines, and each line has two or three meals. The beauty of the sword bridge is eclectic, the statutes are rigorous, the rhyme is strictly observed, and the cadence is 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.
Farewell to Cambridge is a lyric poem about scenery, which expresses three emotions: nostalgia, farewell and disillusionment.
"I left gently, just as I came gently, and I waved goodbye to the clouds in the western sky gently." This poem can be summed up in a few words: slow rhythm, light movement, affectionate, and at the same time with a touch of sadness. The final "Clouds in the Western Sky" laid a splendid color for the following description, and the whole scenery was reflected by the sunset. So this poem sets the tone for the whole poem.
"The golden willow by the river is the bride in the sunset, and the beautiful images in the waves ripple in my heart." This poem really describes the beauty of He Kanghe. At the same time, the willow "Liu"-"Liu" in ancient poetry has the meaning of farewell, which left a deep impression on the poet, and how much concern was vividly expressed by "rippling in my heart". He used analogy (personification, imitation). This section is closely related to the third section: "The green grass on the soft mud is swaying underwater; In the gentle waves of Cambridge, I would like to be an aquatic plant. "The third poem highlights He Kang's state of tranquility and freedom, and freedom and beauty are what Xu Zhimo pursues. At the same time, it shows a kind of love, and the water grass seems to welcome the arrival of the poet. And it is not completely divorced from the artistic conception of China's poems, but it has something in common with China's ancient poems, that is, the unity of things and me. The second section focuses on changing customers, and the third section focuses on turning customers into customers, so that the two can be integrated and unforgettable. These two poems just illustrate the close relationship between Xu Zhimo and Cambridge. This is the so-called: determined the ideal, stepped into the world of poetry, and expressed his feelings in the wonderful scenery. The three are closely linked and express their feelings through concrete images.
The fourth season is the turning point: "That pool under the shade of elm is not a clear spring, but a rainbow in the sky, shattered in impetuousness and precipitated a rainbow-like dream." This poem adopts a combination of reality and fiction. "Reality" is the description of scenery, and "emptiness" is the use of symbolic techniques. A pool of water is clear and the glow is reflected. "It's not a clear spring, it's a rainbow in the sky", and it's red, and it's a real word. However, there are many algae floating on the pool water, which block part of the glow and are fragmentary, some red and some green, like soft water, very vivid. This "kneading dough" is well written, and it is also the disillusionment of my dream. Mr. Wen Yiduo wrote a poem to commemorate the death of his eldest daughter, using a metaphor: "Like a summer dream, like a dream clock." Explain that the dream is beautiful, the bell is melodious, but it is short-lived, so the rainbow-like dream is beautiful and short-lived. 1927 Xu zhimo's dream was shattered and he was at odds with Lu Xiaoman, so he was depressed.
Section 5, "dreaming? Support a long pole, slowly trace back to the greener grass, load a boat of starlight, and sing in the splendor of starlight. " This poem is Xu Zhimo's memory and nostalgia for past lives. He lived in Cambridge for two years. At that time, he had his own ideals, lived a full life and was full of hope for tomorrow. So he used "a boat full of stars" to describe life at that time, which is symbolic.
The past has become history, and it is still a little sad to return to reality, so "silence is to leave other voices, and summer insects are silent for me." Silence is Cambridge tonight. " This sixth sentence is the climax of emotion, which fully shows Xu Zhimo's feelings for Cambridge and focuses on the sadness of parting. This poem needs to be understood in connection with other poems, including ancient poems. "Quiet is the farewell flute" is a metaphor. For example, the description in Su Shi's Poems on Qianchibi is sad and the flute is joyful, so Xiao is used as a metaphor to illustrate the poet's mood. Therefore, the "quiet" action has the feelings of a poet, and then "Xia Chong is silent for me, and silence is Cambridge tonight. Poetry pays attention to conciseness, repeating "silence", "quietness" and "gentleness" repeatedly, highlighting key points and not wasting language.
"Silence" is the deepest feeling of people. For example, Liu Yong's beautiful sentence of "Holding hands and looking at each other with tears" in the poem "Rain Rings Cold", and Su Shi's poem "Ten Years of Life and Death" in the poem "The Twenty Dreams of Mao Yi in the First Month of Jiangchengzi", he recalled the ten years after his wife Wang Fu's death, and recalled that when they met, they "looked after each other silently, only a thousand tears". "Silence here is better than sound", and Li Bai's "Yellow Crane Tower Farewell to Meng Haoran in Yangzhou": "An old friend leaves the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March" uses the comparison method. In March, spring is bright and flowers are in full bloom, but unfortunately my friends all want to leave me. For example, "Where the petals have shed tears, the lonely bird has sung grief", and the next two sentences "The lonely sail is far away and the blue sky is exhausted, only the Yangtze River flows in the sky". "The intention is beyond the words, and the intention is like the inside." "Without a word, it's all romantic" is often used to evaluate poetry, which means that poetry does not say sadness, but expresses it most appropriately, watching friends leave and standing in isolation for a long time, showing deep feelings. For example, Wang Guowei said that "all scenery words are sentimental words" and "writing scenery is lyric". Therefore, "only looking at the Yangtze River flowing in the sky" is meaningful, and Li Yu's "How much sorrow can there be, just like a river flowing eastward" is such a good poem. It is said that silence is the deepest feeling, just like an example in life. The opportunity to express the deepest feelings and the boat are gone, but the farewell person stands still and thoughtfully. Combined with the sentence "Silence is Cambridge tonight", Cambridge is still like this, why is the poet worthy? In fact, it reflects the poet's deep feelings for Cambridge, so "quiet" carries the poet's subjective feelings.
Section 7: "I left quietly, just as I came quietly and waved my sleeve without taking away a cloud." "Cloud" is symbolic and represents a rainbow-like dream. It was reflected in the water, but it was not taken away. Therefore, bidding farewell to Cambridge is not to bid farewell to his alma mater, but to bid farewell to the Cambridge culture that brought the greatest change to his life. This is a farewell to Cambridge's ideals.
The poem Biekangqiao fully embodies the "three beauties" of the Crescent Poetry School, namely, the beauty of painting, the beauty of scenery, the beauty of architecture and the beauty of music. The beauty of music is what Xu Zhimo emphasizes most. The first sentence and the last sentence are repetitive, which strengthens the sense of rhythm, and the words overlap, such as "quiet", "gentle" and "silence". And every poem is rhymed, because the feelings have changed, so it is not a rhyme in the end. Then there is the tone scale, "I left softly", the three-character scale, the one-character scale and the two-character scale, which are in line with Xu Zhimo's lively and active character, and then rhyme. The so-called architectural beauty, one or three rows first, two or four rows second, empty strewn at random, the building has changed; In addition, one or three sentences are short and two or four sentences are long, showing visual beauty. Music is auditory, painting is visual, visual beauty and auditory beauty are integrated, and it will feel good to read. First of all, the beauty of painting is the beauty of words, such as "golden willow", "soft wave", "splendor", "soft mud" and "soft", which are colorful, dynamic and feminine.
Combining the three, Xu Zhimo pursues "seeking change in the whole and seeking difference in the difference", showing crescent-like characteristics and personality, which can be summarized as: the artistic conception of softness with resentment, fresh and elegant style.
This poem shows the poet's superb artistic skills. The poet combines specific scenery with imagination to form a vivid artistic image of poetry, and skillfully blends atmosphere, feelings and scenes into the artistic conception to achieve the feelings and scenes in the scene. The structure of the poem is rigorous and neat. The whole poem consists of 7 sections, each with 4 lines, forming two parallel steps; 1 and 3 lines are slightly shorter, and 2 and 4 lines are slightly longer, ranging from 6 to 8 words per line. It seems that the poet intends to combine the forms of metrical poetry and free verse, making it a new form of poetry, full of nationalization and modern architectural beauty. The language of the poem is fresh and beautiful, the rhythm is gentle and euphemistic, harmonious and natural. With the ups and downs of emotions, it is like a melodious board, light and tactfully, touching the readers' heartstrings.
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.