Paper Boat" is a poem written by Bing Xin on a ship on the way to study abroad in 1923. The subtitle is: Send to Mother.
Praising maternal love, innocence and nature were the three major themes of Bing Xin’s early literary creation. "Paper Boat" written on the boat is a poem by Bing Xin facing the sea, with a pure heart, and her love for her loving mother. Although it only has three stanzas and eleven lines, it integrates the "three major themes" into it.
Bing Xin was born into a wealthy, harmonious, and warm family. She has been immersed in family happiness and brotherhood since she was a child. From childhood to adulthood, she has never left her mother's care and care. Today, Being alone and thousands of miles away from home, traveling across the ocean to study in a foreign country, was an unbearable pain for Bing Xin, who was deeply emotional and attached to her family. After she set off on the "Yokxunke" ship, during the three-day voyage through Japan, she stood alone on the deck every day, facing the sea breeze, leaning on the railing and overlooking the distance. The rolling waves under her feet further aroused her admiration for Yantai Er. Memories of life at that time and yearning for my mother. When the ship arrived at the Yokohama pier, she wrote three poems in succession in the cabin about missing her mother, and "Paper Boat" was one of them.
In this poem, the poet relies on a game that children often play, folding paper boats and playing in the water, to express his nostalgia for his mother, and create a dreamlike and melancholy artistic conception in a friendly and natural way. It makes people cry sadly.
The whole poem is divided into three sections.
The first section, writing action: I refuse to throw away a piece of paper, / always keep it - keep it. The two "retentions" in succession not only form the melody of the poem, but also strengthen the poet's persistent emotion. Stacked into small boats, / thrown from the boat into the sea. Connected with the first two sentences, this "one by one" naturally means that although the boats are small, they are numerous, reflecting the sincerity of the poet's action.
The second section is about writing wishes. The first two sentences: Some were blown into the windows of the boat by the wind,/Some were wetted by the waves and stuck on the bow of the boat. At first glance, it seems to be about the ruthless interference of the natural environment, but it is actually an expression of the poet's inner pain. She knew that when she left, she would be thousands of miles apart from her relatives, and they would not be able to get together in the short term. However, she firmly believes that the affection between mother and daughter cannot be broken apart by wind and waves, nor can it be cut off by thousands of rivers and mountains. Therefore, the following two sentences were immediately followed: I am still not discouraged and fold them every day, / always hoping that one of them will flow to the place I want him to go.
The third section is about dreams. When people miss you deeply, they often place their hopes in dreams. Bing Xin wrote about dreams in many poetry collections such as "Stars" and "Spring Water", such as "Where I first woke up from the dream, / in a few stacks of cloud quilts at the foot of the mountain, / caught a glimpse of her in the light." Another example: "The dream is not over yet. ——The sun is setting outside the window, / I meet Yi again in front of the hall! "It makes sense. Bing Xin believes that she misses her mother and her mother misses her too. The little boat she folded will surely drift into her mother's dream. She just hoped that her mother would not be surprised that it fell into her dream for no reason. Because this is what your beloved daughter folded with tears in her eyes, / thousands of rivers and mountains, asking it to carry her love and sorrow back home.
After reading "Paper Boat", who can not be moved by the poet's sincere love for his mother?