But she was not satisfied with these: "No, these are not enough! I must be a kapok beside you, standing with you in the image of a tree. " The poet made it clear that she must stand in the same position as the other party-you are a tree, I must be a tree, and it is an equally tall and straight tree; You stand, I must stand, equally between heaven and earth.
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The creative background of To the Oak;
Shu Ting once talked about the creative background of the poem "To the Oak Tree": "In fact, the production of this poem is simple and ordinary." Shu Ting recalled. 1975 Cai Qijiao, an old returned overseas Chinese poet who once helped her a lot in writing, visited Gulangyu Island. One night, while Shu Ting was walking with him, Cai Qijiao told her about the girls she met in her life.
It's bold to talk openly about the girl you liked in the 1970s. Cai Qijiao said that there are beautiful girls, but no talent; Talented girls are not beautiful; Beautiful, talented and fierce, he found it difficult to find a perfect girl.
Shu Ting said that she was very angry after listening to it. She thinks this is male chauvinism and men and women should be equal. So that night, she wrote a poem "Oak Tree" and gave it to Cai Qijiao. Later, when it was published, it was changed to To Oak. "In fact, oak trees in the south can never grow with kapok trees. In this poem, they are used as references for men and women. " She added.