This poem is a representative lyric poem in Goddess. Through the story of Phoenix's self-immolation, it symbolizes the destruction of old China and the poet's old self, and the birth of new China and the poet's new self.
It embodies the great desire of the people of China to transform the motherland and the nation, is consistent with the thoughts of the pioneers of the May 4th Revolutionary Movement, and has a distinct spirit of the times and profound ideological significance.
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Phoenix Nirvana is a modern poem by Guo Moruo, published in 1920. The later collection of poems Goddess is also a poem with an important historical position in the history of modern poetry.
The poems in Nirvana of the Phoenix are uneven, long or short, full of changes, long or short, with a strong sense of rhythm, showing a tragic atmosphere.
It is full of deep hatred for the dark society, strong resistance to reality, enthusiastic pursuit of a new ideal society and active creative spirit for a new life, which embodies the destruction of the old self and the joy of a new life. The song of Phoenix before self-immolation in the poem gives a very real and painful description of the decadent old world. Phoenix's self-immolation is an act of resistance to the old world, and it is a strong outbreak and burning of the spirit of resistance.