The author is first moved by the object he writes, and then the poem he writes can be moving. If we just regard them as symbolic diagrams, with themes first, and then take them as specimens, we will definitely not write well and no one will love them. Writing about an old horse is writing about the old horse itself.
The characteristics of poetry:
The poem consists of two sections and eight lines, forming two pictures of pulling, like a close-up in a movie, depicting a sad picture of an old carriage. There is no tyrannical master in the poem. Cars and whips are the embodiment of his authority and will, and they are also the root of the tragic life of the old horse. The old horse has long been exhausted and stumbling. Not only can it not rest in the sun in winter and shade in summer, but it is also forced to undertake this heavy duty.
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Creation background
This poem was written in April 1932. The author once said: "After the failure of the 1927 Great Revolution, I completely denied Chiang Kai-shek's regime, but I was very uncertain about the future of the revolution. Life is bitter, and the mood is gloomy and sad. At this time, the thoughts and feelings are connected with the oppressed and suffering peasants, and with the old horse whose back is pressed into the meat. So, I wrote the old horse. "
From the bad luck of an old horse, people clearly see the author's mood and even the tragic fate of hundreds of millions of farmers. The short eight-line poem summarizes such profound and rich tragic historical content throughout the ages and shows the artistic typicality of the poet.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Ma Lao (Poem by Cang Kejia)