Modern poems written by celebrities should be long and suitable for recitation.

Selected from "Selected Poems of Ai Qing" (People's Literature Publishing House, 1997 edition).

Ai Qing

For my prayer

Poet, get up

And please tell them

Say that I have come on the dew

I have picked it up by the illumination of the last star

I come from the east

From the turbulent sea

I will bring light to the world

And I will bring warmth to mankind

Please bring my message

Inform the human beings whose eyes are burned by longing

and those far away who are immersed in suffering Cities and villages in the city

Ask them to welcome me -

Herald of the day, messenger of light

Open all the windows to welcome

Open all the doors to welcome

Blow the whistle to welcome

Blow the horn to welcome

Ask the sweeper to clean the streets ① [street (qú)] a wide street. Qu, the main road.

Let the vans come and move the garbage

Let the workers walk in the streets at a broad pace

Let the vehicles flow through the square in glorious processions Let's

Please ask the villages to wake up from the humid fog

Open their fences to welcome me

Please ask the village women to open their chickens (chickens) (shí)〕chicken coop.

Ask the farmer to bring out the cattle from the barn

Inform them with your warm mouth

Say that I come from the other side of the mountain, from the forest. Come over there

Ask them to clean up those drying areas

and those ever-filthy patios

Please open the windows covered with floral paper

Please open the door with the Spring Festival couplets on it

Please wake up the attentive woman

And the snoring man

Please also wake up the young lover Get up

And those sleepy girls

Please wake up the sleepy mother

And the babies around her

Please wake up everyone Individuals

Even those who are sick and pregnant

Even those who are aging

Even those who groan in bed

Even those who have died because of justice The wounded in the war

And the refugees who have been displaced by the fall of their hometown

Please wake up all the unfortunate ones

I will give them comfort< /p>

Please wake up all those who love life

Workers, technicians and painters

Invite singers to sing songs to welcome

Use grass The sound mixed with dew

Invite the dancers to dance to welcome

Put on their white foggy dressing gown

Please call those who are healthy and beautiful Wake up

Say that I am coming to knock on their windows and doors

Please be a poet who is faithful to time

Bring comfort news to mankind

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Please prepare them to welcome, please prepare everyone to welcome

I will come when the rooster crows for the last time

Please stare at the horizon with pious eyes< /p>

I will give the most merciful light to all who are waiting for me

Now that the night is almost over, please tell them

That what they are waiting for is Coming

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This poem uses the personified "Dawn" as the lyrical protagonist. When writing "Dawn", the poet is invited to be the spokesperson to announce to mankind that he is coming. News to come. The "dawn" in the poem is the "pioneer of the day, the messenger of light" and a symbol of the national liberation and freedom that the Chinese people long for. The poem repeatedly writes about "dawn"'s earnest instructions to the poet, and uses rich imagery to give an extensive and specific description of how to issue notices to people. Together with a large number of parallel sentence patterns, it creates a solemn, sacred, grand, and warm atmosphere. It is majestic and touching, making people feel that the arrival of dawn is irresistible.

Talk to the background of the times and tell us your understanding of the image of "Dawn".