Coal, buried underground for a long time, is very common and unknown. However, they have an excellent character-they will burn when they catch fire, and they will glow and heat. The poet used "coal" to write about the suffering Chinese nation. Ai Qing chose the poem Dialogue with Coal. The image of this poem is fire or light. It shows the inner spirit of the Chinese nation's unyielding humiliation and unremitting self-improvement, and expresses the poet's deep and enthusiastic love for the motherland and his strong desire for the regeneration of the motherland, which is novel and close. Although this poem is short, it is thought-provoking, with broad connotation and far-reaching artistic conception.
Dialogue among Coal is a new poem written by modern poet Ai Qing in the spring of 1937. With very simple language, he expressed profound and broad connotations in a cordial and natural way. Ai Qing's pursuit of such a poetic style stems from his profound understanding of the beauty of poetry. "The profound and broad thoughts expressed in the simplest language are the most ideal poems."