The beautiful rhythm and catchy words of the poem "Farewell Cambridge" have attracted countless poetry lovers to recite it to music or compose music for many years. Among college students, the poem recitation "Farewell Cambridge" to music has become an enduring repertoire in various literary and artistic activities.
Reciting "Farewell Cambridge" is a certain degree of difficulty, and it is difficult for ordinary people to master it. Now I will share with you the key points that should be paid attention to when reciting.
First of all, we must accurately grasp the content of this poem and thoroughly understand its inner meaning. This is the premise and foundation. Of course, the use of various artistic means in recitation is very important, but if it is separated from the premise of accurately and thoroughly grasping the content, then artistic skills will become water without a source, a tree without a root, and become a kind of pure formalism. , it will be impossible to convey emotions and make the audience emotional. To accurately and thoroughly grasp the content of this poem, you should pay attention to the following points:
1. Correct and in-depth understanding: To accurately express the thoughts and feelings of the work, the reader needs to read between the lines, Understand the inner meaning of the work. It is necessary to grasp the background of the creation of the work, the theme of the work and the emotional tone, so that the work can be accurately understood and the work will not be read into pieces or even distort the original ideological content.
2. Deep and detailed feelings: Some recitations may sound ups and downs in tone, but they just cannot impress the audience. That is, the reader's experience of the work is too shallow, and he does not really get into the work, but just moans and groans. Audiences are keen and will not be moved by false emotions. To arouse the emotions of the audience and make the audience share the same joy, sorrow and breathing with themselves, the reciter must carefully appreciate the work, enter the role, and enter the situation.
3. Rich and realistic imagination: While understanding and feeling the work, it is often accompanied by rich imagination. Only in this way can the scenes of the work come alive in one's heart and before one's eyes, as if they were seen with one's own eyes. It’s the same as seeing it and experiencing it personally.
Secondly, various artistic means must be used rationally to accurately express the inner meaning of the work. It is necessary to grasp the "tenderness" and "light sadness" tone of this poem, and rationally use pauses, stress, speed, intonation and other means to reflect and sublimate the theme.
Of course, the background music that exaggerates and sets off the atmosphere is also very important. It is suitable to choose songs with a slower rhythm, such as "Moon Gate", "Secret Garden Nocturne", "Starry Sky", "Moonlight Song", "Autumn Whispers", "Farewell Song", etc.
Recently, the audio-visual poetry MV produced by the famous reciter and artist Mr. Kang Qiao has become quite popular on the Internet. His recitation of "Farewell Cambridge" is a masterpiece with rich sounds, blending of scenes and beautiful artistic conception. It can be enjoyed on various websites.
"Farewell Cambridge" fully demonstrates Xu Zhimo's warm, sincere, gentle, delicate and slightly elegant romantic personality, leaving a very deep impression on future generations:
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Gently I leave, just as I came lightly; I wave gently and say goodbye to the clouds in the western sky. The golden willows by the river are the bride in the sunset; the beautiful shadows in the waves are rippling in my heart. The green banana-plant on the soft mud wave slippery in the bottom of the water; I would like to be a waterweed in the soft waves of the Cam River! The pool under the shade of elm trees is not a clear spring, but a rainbow in the sky. Crushed among the floating algae, a rainbow-like dream precipitated. Looking for a dream? Take a punt and row upstream to where the grass is greener; load a boat full of stars and sing in the colorful starlight. But I can't sing, quietly is the shengxiao of parting; the summer insects are silent for me too, silence is tonight's Cambridge; quietly I leave, just as quietly as I came; I wave my sleeves, not even a single cloud is taken away .
This is how Xu Zhimo perceives love with a mimosa-like touch and a baby-like emotion. It is his simple view of love that injects a romantic atmosphere into his poems. Although this kind of romance cannot become a reality, Xu Zhimo's fiery and delicate emotions flow quietly with the Kang River in his poems.
As the first artistic feature of Xu Zhimo’s poetry, it is the painstaking management and somewhat deliberate pursuit of poetic imagery. He is really good at capturing images in life, and is also good at discovering poetic interest in life, and integrating the images of life and the interest of poetry into his works, thus forming a higher aesthetic realm. As images in poems, "clouds", "golden willows", "colored shadows", "green water plants", "water plants", "rainbow", "dream", "long pole", etc. appear in "Farewell to Cambridge". Images such as "starlight", "shengxiao", "summer insects", "Cambridge", "sleeves", etc. are all emotions that the poet treasures deep in his heart. The emptiness of these images is related to the reality of the poet's heart. , contrasting with each other, one piece and one piece combined, all reveal the tension of the image. Through emotionalization, the objective objects are endowed with emotional color, making these images from ordinary to extraordinary, so that the whole poem becomes more elegant and spiritual. Therefore, "Farewell Cambridge" has become a famous poem written by Xu Zhimo from the depths of his soul.
Looking at the "golden willows by the river" and the "glorious shadows in the waves" in the poem, they not only "fluttered in his heart", but also had a dreamlike and magical power that made his mind soar. , the fantasy of "loading a boat full of stars and singing in the colorful starlight". The composition of a series of images shows that Xu Zhimo at that time had accepted the influence of British Romantic poetry and absorbed the characteristics of European Symbolism and Impressionism poetry.
In addition, each stanza of "Farewell to Cambridge" has four lines, and the rhyme scheme strictly follows two or four rhymes, and each line has two or three beats. The whole poem has even lines and sonorous rhymes. However, in order to express the emotion more appropriately, it does not Stick to the "uniformity of sentences". The sentence "Looking for a dream? Hold a long pole" is like ripples on a calm lake, making the whole poem full of life. The rhythm of the whole poem matches the ups and downs of the poet's emotions. The whole poem is ups and downs, catchy, and lingering after reading, giving people a unique aesthetic pleasure. This also shows that Xu Zhimo on the one hand absorbed the charm and rhythm of the British Romantic poets, and at the same time gradually developed his poems into the prototype of a new poem based on the characteristics of Chinese vernacular.
The artistic achievements of Xu Zhimo’s poetry lie in three aspects: spirit, imagery, and rhythm. It can also be said that his poetry has these three major artistic characteristics. Moreover, these three are actually inseparably unified in his poems: spirituality needs to be reflected to a large extent through imagery, and imagery also needs to be completed through the important aspect of musical beauty.
Together, they constitute the whole of Xu Zhimo's poetic art, which not only enables his poems to enjoy a higher status in art, but also brings some universal artistic experience to the development of new Chinese poetry and makes some other poets Unable to contribute