The poem "Dialogue between Coal" seems to be written calmly, without passionate and heroic wording, vigorous and powerful rhythm and horn-like heroic artistic conception. However, this little poem is so intriguing, with a wide connotation and a deep artistic conception, no less than a Long March. ...
The poet's emotions condensed into coal. ...
We don't know what chance made the poet write this poem. But we can guess why the poet wrote such a poem.
1935 10, the poet walked out of the lonely and dark cell and came to the miserable land. He went back to his hometown and his mother arranged a marriage for him. He has been to Changzhou and taught in Wujin Women's Normal School, and was soon ordered to drop out by the headmistress. I went to Shanghai again, where I lived a wandering life without a job ... No matter how uncertain and miserable my personal life is, the poet's heart is always worried about the rise and fall of the nation. At that time, the Chinese nation was in crisis. As a poet with a strong sense of responsibility, how should he awaken the people with his own songs and make them aware of their own strength and fight?
The poem "Coal Dialogue" was born in this way.
As you can imagine, when the poet wrote this poem, his inner feelings were already very heavy. The dullness and ruthlessness of reality make the poet unbearable any longer. This emotion may gush out and form waves. It is also possible to come out tactfully and shake the hearts of the people with more solid strength. The dialogue between coal is the result of the poet's choice of the latter way. ...
The power of poetry lies in how to express it, but also in what kind of thinking this expression comes from.
This poem adopts the way of dialogue, and it is extremely easy to ask and answer questions, which constitutes the external form of this poem. The reason why the poet adopts this simple way of dialogue may be because the object of description-coal-is very simple. Poets may also think that the simpler the external form, the deeper its connotation, and the stronger its contrast, the more poetic it is. This creative method, which wants to promote but suppresses first, has achieved a subtle effect in this poem, which is also an aesthetic principle that constitutes an artistic effect, and the poet has mastered this principle well.
The simplicity of this poem constitutes an important feature of this poem. Let's see:
"Where do you live? //I have lived in mountains for thousands of years/I have lived in rocks for thousands of years//Your age-//I am older than mountains/rocks. " .
This poem is simply an ordinary spoken language, without any carving or embellishment. However, it is in this simplicity that poetry overflows. Sculpture is simple and precious in essence, and the poetry of this poem is precisely this high-level artistic expression.
Concise and meaningful is the pursuit and principle of poetry creation. The poem "Coal Dialogue" can really be said to be a pity for ink.
Let's see:
"When were you silent? //From the time when dinosaurs ruled the forest/From the time when the earth's crust shook for the first time//Did you die in deep resentment? //Dead? No, no, I'm alive-/Please give me a light, give me a light! "
The poet has a lot to say about the character and mood of "coal". However, the poet wrote only a few words, leaving readers with a broad imagination. This choice of "hanging one thing and leaking ten thousand" is an artistic means of this poem, which is profound and simple, and has received the effect of taking one as ten.
This poem also uses an artistic means, which is to personify "coal". And let "coal" self-report, self-report history. This not only makes people feel cordial, but also makes people feel that coal is alive and alive. It has suffering, but it also has hope!
Ai Qing once said in "On Poetry":
"Poets must grasp the form and essence of things more concretely than ordinary people" and "poets let all kinds of separated things find image connections".
The poem "Dialogue between Coal" is a model to practice this view.
"Coal" is not directly related to the suffering Chinese nation. It was the poet who skillfully linked the two and achieved amazing results.
For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has suffered countless times. They suffered all kinds of oppression and exploitation and lived silently at the bottom of society. However, they are not "dead". Once they encounter new opportunities and new ideas, they will rise up, burn a blazing fire and clean up the old world. How can this living state, this emotion and this character of the Chinese nation be subtly expressed? The poet thought of "coal", which has been buried underground for a long time and is ordinary and unknown. However, they have an excellent character-they will burn in case of fire, and they will glow and heat. It is appropriate for the poet to use "coal" to write about the suffering Chinese nation. The beauty, artistic conception and strength of poetry are also born from this.
"Feeling is only the key to understanding", "It is not enough for a poet to have rich feelings, but also to have rich thinking, generalization and imagination".
Ai Qing brilliantly described the process of an idea and some conditions that a poet must have to write a good poem. All these give us inspiration.
Simplicity is an important factor in the beauty of poetry emphasized by Ai Qing, and he has always attached great importance to this factor in his creation. He said, simplicity "is to give up flowery words;" There is no health exposure of fancy clothes; Breaking free from the shackles of form is an unrestrained step; This is a brilliant smile on empty skills. "
Ai Qing does not simply pursue novel formats or flashy words in his creation, but wins with simplicity and simplicity. The poem "Dialogue between Coals" expresses profound and extensive connotations in very simple language. Ai Qing's pursuit of such a poetic style stems from his profound understanding of the beauty of poetry. "Profound and broad thoughts, expressed in the simplest language, are the most ideal poems."
Ai Qing's creative theory and practice should really be an important topic that poets need to seriously consider now.