The poet takes the oak tree as the object, expressing the passion, sincerity and firmness of love. The oak tree in the poem is not a concrete object, but an ideal lover symbol of the poet. Therefore, this poem, to some extent, does not simply pour out one's passionate love, but expresses one's ideals and beliefs about love. It is expressed through a kind and concrete image, which is quite meaningful to the ancients.
First of all, the oak tree is tall, charming, deep and rich in connotation-"high branches" and "shade" are one meaning, and the method of setting off is adopted here. Poets don't want the love of vassals, nor do they want to be a smug flower attached to the high branches of oak trees.
Poets don't want to give love, to be a bird that sings for the shade all day, to be a fountain of wishful thinking, and to be a mountain that blindly supports the oak tree. The poet doesn't want to lose himself in such love. Love needs to be based on equality of personality, independence of personality, mutual respect and admiration, and mutual affinity.
What the poet wants is the kind of love that two people stand shoulder to shoulder and share weal and woe. The poet compares himself to a kapok, a kapok standing side by side with an oak tree. The roots and leaves of these two trees are closely connected.
The poet's persistence in love is no less than the ancients' "I would like to be a lovebird in the sky, and I would like to live together on the ground, with two branches in one tree." . Oak and kapok stand quietly and firmly. When the wind blows, swaying branches and leaves greet each other and they are connected. That is the language of their world, the harmony of their hearts, and the silent understanding.
Two people are guarding it like this, two determined trees, two fresh lives and two noble hearts. A brave guard, every branch is always ready to stop attacks from the outside world and defend the world of two people; One is a passionate life, with red flowers, willing to cheer for him and light up his future when he is struggling. They share the threat of difficulties and the test of setbacks; Similarly, they enjoy the splendor of life and the magnificence of nature.
What poets want is such great love, the same greatness and nobility, the same thoughts and soul, rooted in the same foundation, sharing weal and woe, and being dependent on each other in cold and warm.
Poetry expresses the poet's ideal view of love with novel and magnificent images and appropriate metaphors. The metaphor and peculiar image combination in the poem represented the new form of poetry at that time, which was of groundbreaking significance. In addition, although novel images are used in poetry, the language of poetry is not obscure, but colloquial, with fresh aura and subtle hints, giving people unlimited imagination.
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1, original:
If I love you-
Unlike climbing Campbell,
Show off yourself with your tall branches;
If I love you-
Never imitate spoony birds,
Repeat monotonous songs for the shade;
It is not just like a fountain,
Send cool comfort all year round;
It is not only a dangerous mountain peak,
Increase your height,
Set off your dignity.
Even during the day,
Even spring rain.
I don't know,
These are not enough!
I must be a kapok beside you,
Standing with you as the image of a tree.
Root,
Grasp the ground;
Leaves,
Touch each other in the clouds.
Every time a gust of wind blows,
We all greet each other,
But no one,
Understand what we said.
You have your copper branches and iron stems,
Like a knife,
Like a sword,
Like a halberd;
I have my red flowers,
Like a heavy sigh,
Like a heroic torch.
We share the cold wave,
Wind and thunder,
Thunderbolt;
We like fog,
Flow haze,
Rainbow.
As if we were separated forever,
But they are lifelong dependent.
This is great love,
Loyalty is here:
Love-
Not only love your strong body,
I like your position,
The land under your feet.
2. Introduction to the author:
Shu Ting, formerly known as Gong, 1952, is a contemporary poetess from Quanzhou, Fujian. 1969 went to the countryside to jump the queue, 1972 went back to the city as a worker. 197 1 started writing poetry, 1979 published poetry works, 1980 worked in Fujian Federation of Literary and Art Circles and engaged in professional writing. His main works include poetry collection "Double Mast Boat", "Singing Iris", "Archaeopteryx" and prose collection "Heart Smoke".
Shu Ting is one of the representative writers of misty poetry school. Her poems pay attention to self-expression and pursue spiritual freedom. Her poems run through the consciousness of life hardship and social criticism with personality and humanitarianism as the core, expressing concern about the situation of people in modern society.
Her poems are full of imagination and deliberately have new creations. She can find sharp and profound poetic philosophy in some conventional phenomena that are often overlooked. In artistic expression, she often uses hints, partial or whole symbols, and pays attention to the combination of poetic images. image group forms a whole symbolic structure of poetry, leaving readers a broad space for imagination and elaboration, thus bringing hazy beauty, implicit beauty and elastic beauty to poetry.