The emotional tone of the motherland, my dear motherland.
The poem "Motherland, My Dear Motherland" is different. Generally speaking, the tone of this poem is low, the low but not depressing tone and the stubbornness of not giving up hope in disappointment are the unique poetic beauty characteristics of this poem.
In the first section of this poem, five images come to mind: waterwheel, miner's lamp, ear of rice, roadbed and barge, all symbolizing the motherland. But these pictures bring us not joy, but suffocation. The waterwheel is "old" and "shabby". In the sound of "tired songs", we seem to see a "China" creaking, lacking beams and columns and stopping several times; Miner's lamp is not shiny, but "black", soaked with dirt, and the scenery under the light is not beautiful. The dark historical tunnel is full of snail-like China people, who "grope" around because they can't see the way forward; The ear of rice is dry and has no nutrition; Subgrade disrepair, overwhelmed; China's "backbones" and "arms" that want to pull the barge forward have been stranded on the muddy beach, and it is hard to shake even if blood is drawn. At this point, the poet is suffocating, so he has to take a deep breath (dash) and sigh endlessly about "motherland"! The five images in the first section are full of obscurity in the 1970s and 1980s. In the second quarter, the poet put down his harp and asked questions directly with the concept of political theory. The high generalization of "poverty" and "sadness" reveals the dual "uncivilized" state of China's material and spirit. Generally speaking, abstract concepts are forbidden in poetry writing. Vivid and emotional language is the language of poetry. Here the poet uses "poverty" and "sadness" to illustrate the urgency and helplessness of the poet. The poet used the image of "flower" in the last two sentences, which seems to bring a light and beautiful feeling. Flowers in Flying Sleeves also symbolizes spring and hope, but this spring and hope have not fallen to the ground for thousands of years. Generation after generation of China people have been looking forward to the pain, seeking new hope in the pain, and new hope brings new pain.
In the third section, the poet used a series of images such as "brand-new ideal", "embryo of ancient lotus under snow", "tearful smile vortex", "snow-white starting line" and "crimson dawn", which seemed to symbolize the new situation in China after the Cultural Revolution. We have seen a brand-new motherland, a motherland full of hope and enterprising spirit. Although these hopes are just the beginning, it is difficult to see their future, but a new starting point always brings new hopes and expectations.
"-the motherland!" Joy and excitement, the strong cry for the motherland tomorrow is like a silver bottle bursting, which makes people shine at the moment.
In the fourth quarter, the poet compared the motherland to his mother in the image of "breasts", and the poet himself became a child growing up under his mother's wings. Regret for the Past repeats the image features of the first two sections, which reminds us of the troubled history of the motherland, especially the history of bullying and devastation in modern China, and reveals endless bitterness in our hearts. The profound understanding of this image makes the poet's "deep thinking", "confusion" and "boiling" justified and reasonable, with historical and personality connotations. This not only expresses the emotional course of a generation of young people who experienced the Cultural Revolution, but also highly summarizes the spiritual course of the Chinese nation.
Throughout history, how many people in China "lost" and "meditated" for the poor and backward motherland and "boiled" for the new and soaring motherland! Under the observation of this emotional process and spiritual process, the lyrical individual "I" will dedicate everything of "I" to the motherland ("from my flesh and blood/to ……") and will convey more historical and emotional content.
A major feature of this poem is the alternation and blending of lyric subject and lyric object ("I am one billionth of you,/the sum of your 9.6 million square meters"). It shows that I am connected with my motherland and the relationship between honor and disgrace is highly unified.
The whole poem consists of four sections, which is a connecting link between the preceding and the following. Deep intonation and sad feelings have set the tone of the first two sections. Although there are new hopes and bright colors in the third section, the last section repeats this tone with "scarred breasts". Although the end of the poem gathers emotional clues from confusion to deep thinking to boiling, it is difficult to cover up the sadness of the whole poem.
It is worth pondering whether the poet's description is true. Is such patriotism valuable? Why does the poet describe China like this? This requires us to return to the era of poetry creation and investigate the emotional experience and cultural background of Shu Ting's generation.