"Tiangu" is selected from Guo Moruo's collection of poems "Goddess". "Tiangu" is a famous poem in Guo Moruo's first collection of poems "Goddess", which was first published on February 7, 1920. The poem "Tiangu" was written during the explosive period of Guo Moruo's new poetry creation. It was the most intense emotional moment for young Guo Moruo.
The style of this poem is strong, violent, and tense. At the beginning, the poet calls himself "Tiangu", which can swallow the moon, the sun, and all planets. And "I am who I am" is the pride brought about by fully expressing one's personality. Therefore, it is the poet's hymn to the liberation of individuality under the spirit of the May Fourth Movement. It is precisely because of having the courage to break through all constraints on individual development that individuality can be fully developed. The new talents of the May Fourth Movement have unlimited energy: "I am Quanyu The total energy is at the bottom of the temple!”
Such May Fourth newcomers will change the mountains, rivers, the earth, and the universe. "I flew, I screamed, I burned..." The emotional power released by the poem was like a violent hurricane or a rushing torrent, which produced a strong shock wave in that era. "I Run" is an exciting cry, fully demonstrating the painful process of personality liberation during the May Fourth Movement. In short, "Tengu" is a thrilling spiritual hymn played during the May Fourth Movement. It was the brave and roaring voice of the times that people heard for the first time from poetry during the May Fourth Movement.
The heroic spirit of the "Tengu" that can swallow "all the planets" is the reappearance of the spirit of the May Fourth period that demanded the destruction of all traditions and the destruction of the old world. And "Tengu" is just a small wave created by the collision, integration and splashing of the poet's emotion and art in the creation of "Goddess". It can be seen that the creative imagination of "The Goddess" is rich and unique, and the bold and passionate lyricism is a masterpiece in the poetry world.
The unparalleled romantic artistic color it possesses will be a dazzling light shining through the poetry art corridor; its scorching verses are like the noisy heat wave, roaring the violent five-year-old poem. The strongest voice of the four eras.
Ideological content: This poem mainly expresses the poet's strong desire to deny the old social reality, get rid of the shackles of old ideas, express his personality, and pursue liberation through the shaping of the image of Tengu. It embodies the spirit advocated during the May Fourth Movement. The spirit of the times of science, democracy and freedom.
Artistic characteristics: In terms of art, this poem fully reflects the romantic style characteristics of Guo Moruo's poetry. ?The metaphor is novel and vivid. Tengu originally only existed in folklore, but poets used it as an idol to admire and praise. The image of the Tengu in the poem has become a symbol of the old times, old traditions, and rebels of the old world. It has become a symbol of the liberation of personality with unlimited energy and the creators of the new world, new society, and new future.
The use of this metaphor not only vividly shows the poet's strong desire to express his personality and pursue liberation, but also gives people a refreshing feeling in the poetic imagery. In addition, the poet compares "I" to "the light of X-rays" and "running like electricity", etc., which also reflect the characteristics of the era that advocated science at that time.
The imagination is bold and strange. The image of Tengu is very ambiguous in the legend, but in the poem, it is embodied as the image of a fully liberated individual "I" with unlimited energy. At one moment he swallowed up the moon, the sun, and all the planets; at another he became the light of the moon, the light of the sun, and the light of all the planets; and at the next he was running, screaming, and burning, and was on the nerves. Running, running on the spinal cord, running on the brain, all show the bold and strange imagination of the poet.
Emotions are unrestrained and passionate. The whole poem is written in the tone of "I". The poet uses the Tengu to describe himself, and expresses his inner pride through the Tengu's extraordinary power of swallowing up the universe. The poem is full of strong emotions from beginning to end and has a strong subjective color.
Pay attention to rhythm and rhythm. This poem is also very distinctive in terms of language form. The poet mostly uses short sentence patterns and combines them with refrains, parallelism and other techniques to create a strong melody, rapid and powerful rhythm, and a crushing and overwhelming sound. momentum. In addition, the language of the poem is free and generally rhymes, which shows that the poet attaches great importance to the sense of rhythm.