⑴ Ai Qing’s poetry creation before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War: When the Crescent School and Modernist poetic styles (which later became decadent) permeated the poetry world, young poets such as Ai Qing, Tian Jian, and Zang Kejia brought a breath of fresh air to the poetry world airflow. In 1932, while in prison, he wrote "Dayan River—My Nanny" and eight other poems, which were later compiled into his first collection of poems, "Dayan River." In addition, in the early days, the poet also wrote many short poems, among which "The Sun", "Spring", "Dawn", etc. constitute a group of poems that yearn for light and sing about ideals.
Ai Qing's early poems initially formed his unique artistic style, with deep melancholy, simple and vivid language, and free and unfettered form. On the one hand, he expressed his curse and curse on the old world. Sympathy for the working people; on the other hand, he also expressed his yearning for revolution and light.
⑵ The Anti-Japanese War period was the climax of the poet's creation. During this period, the poet's vision expanded and the theme of the poem was explored deeper. Collections of short poems include "North", "Poems for the Countryside", "Wilderness", "Notice of Dawn", etc.; during this period, the poet combined the melancholy of the suffering of the motherland with the joy of light and ideals , the understanding of the suffering of the motherland is deeper, and the understanding of the light is gradually deepened.