Guo Xiaochuan is a "singer and trumpeter of the times", and his poems have distinct characteristics of the times. His representative works, such as Fierce Struggle, March on Difficulties, Charm of Xiamen, Green Grass Hall-Sugarcane Forest, Tusi Song and Qiu Ge and Autumn in Tuanbowa, are undoubtedly the strongest and most beautiful voices of our time. During the Cultural Revolution, Guo Xiaochuan was severely persecuted and learned a lesson from this painful experience. He devoted all his thoughts and understanding of the current situation to his swan song Tuanbowa and Autumn in Qiu Ge, and summarized his life as a "soldier and poet".
Guo Xiaochuan has made a lot of explorations in the art of poetry, and is known as "an expert in technological innovation". He said: "Formally, what we want to advocate is nationalization and popularization. Readers can see that I am trying hard to try various genres, which can prove that I don't want to stick to one genre and I don't want to be genre-oriented. Folk songs, new metrical styles, free styles, semi-free styles, etc., as long as they can contribute to the nationalization and popularization of poetry, what is terrible? " In 1950s, his poems generally adopted "step style", but they were nationalized. Pay attention to the prosodic features of Chinese when separating long sentences. Pay attention to the rhythm of stair poems and try to rhyme neatly. "To Young Citizens" uses staggered "staircase-style" long sentences to make bold speech-style on-the-spot agitation, which has produced strong artistic effects. Semi-free body and four-line body are used in the snow valley, and the rhythm is smooth and slow. The "Toast Song" adopts "folk song style", with short sentences and lively rhythm, which combines ancient ballads and Xinmin songs. The general trilogy is an innovative "free body" similar to the Yuan and Ming Sanqu.