The images in "To the Oak Tree" can basically be divided into three categories. The first category is negative, which the poet resolutely abandons. There are soaring flowers, which do not follow the example of soaring flowers and use other people's aura to show off themselves, and there are infatuated birds. My son, I will not sacrifice my love - monotonous singing to my heart's content - just to gain benefits - green shade. The second type is neutral. The poet should learn from their advantages, but not only their advantages. This kind of image has a source, brings coolness to the other party, has dangerous peaks, increases height, and highlights the majesty. The third category is positive, and there is only one, which is the kapok tree, cuddling with the one you love, advancing and retreating through adversity, and remaining true to love.
To the oak tree
If I love you——
I will never be like a climbing flower in the sky,
I will show off myself on your high branches,
If I love you——
I will never imitate the infatuated bird,
Repeat monotonous songs for the green shade;
It's not just like a spring,
it brings cool comfort all year round;
It's not just like a dangerous peak,
it increases your height and sets off your majesty.
Even daylight.
Even spring rain.
No, these are not enough!
I must be a kapok tree near you,
standing with you as the image of a tree.
The roots are tightly held in the ground;
The leaves are touching in the clouds.
Every time the wind passes[3],
We all greet each other[2],
But no one,
understands us words.
You have your copper branches and iron trunks,
like knives, swords, and halberds;
I have my red flowers,
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Like a heavy sigh,
And like a heroic torch.
We share the cold wave, wind and thunder, and thunder;
We enjoy the mist, the mist, and the rainbow.
It seems like they are separated forever,
But they are still dependent on each other for life.
This is great love,
This is where steadfastness lies:
Not only do I love your stalwart body,
I also love you The position you insist on, the ground you step on.
"To the Oak" is a love poem written by Shu Ting in March 1977. It is one of the representative works of the Misty Poetry School. As the initiating work of literature in the new era, "To the Oak"'s status in the history of literature is self-evident. Through the "confession" of the kapok tree to the oak tree, the author denies the secular and unequal view of love, calls for freedom, equality, independence, and the same love view through thick and thin, shouts out the slogan of equality between men and women in love, and expresses the message of women in the new era. The Declaration of Independence expresses the longing and yearning for love.