Author: Bing Xin
Name: Letter from Little White Dove
Original poem:
Grandpa Tagore has been to your capital Beijing,
He said: He left his heart there.
There are many enthusiastic friends from China here.
They are all talking about unity, friendship and peace.
How much I want to visit you in China,
I know you also want to visit me in India.
But mom said we were all children,
Children can't travel far and travel by themselves.
Now I invite the little white dove.
Send you a bunch of red garlands,
Please let it, too
Bring me a red scarf.
Although we can't meet, shake hands and talk yet,
But these two red gifts
Will tell us our kindness and affection!
Poetry appreciation:
Children's poetry has no vague and abstract lyricism. It chooses a novel angle and expresses the friendship between Chinese and Indian children through a series of typical life fragments and descriptions of psychological activities. Because poetry is written for children, the selected examples are full of children's interest and show their naive fantasies.
Poetry is not long, but feelings are ups and downs; The first section describes the long-term friendly exchanges between elders, the second section describes the regret that children "want to go to China" and "want to come to India" but can't make it, and the third section describes the tortuous process of asking little white dove to convey friendship on their behalf, which fully shows the children's active thinking and rich imagination.