Ai Qing's early poems initially formed his unique artistic style, with deep melancholy, simple and vivid language and free form. On the one hand, he expressed the curse of the old world and sympathy for the working people. On the other hand, he also expressed his yearning for revolution and light.
War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is the climax of the poet's creation. During this period, the poet's vision expanded and the theme of poetry deepened. Short poems include North, Poems for the Country, Yuan Ye, Dawn Notice, etc. During this period, the poet combined the melancholy of the motherland's suffering with the light and the joy of the ideal, and his understanding of the motherland's suffering was deeper and his understanding of the light was gradually deepened.