The urban poems of scholarly metropolis expose and condemn the evils of modern cities in the spirit of critical realism, and the essence is to expose and condemn the unjust society that causes the disparity between the rich and the poor and polarization. On the one hand, it shows the poet's distinct moral stand of love and hate, on the other hand, it is inevitable to attack the modern progress of the city from the standpoint of maintaining tradition in some works, which is one-sided and narrow. Urban poetry is the local embodiment of the poetry creation in Shuxiangcheng. His generalization and expression of Hong Kong urban society is an important aspect of Hong Kong urban perspective poetry.
As a famous novelist who set foot in the field of poetry, Shu Xiangxiang often shows keen observation and careful layout of characters, events, plots and details in his poetry creation. Entering poetry with novels not only refers to narrative poems or poetic novels. In Shu Xiangcheng's poems, details, plots, events and characters often constitute the special atmosphere and factors in his short lyric poems.