If I were a snowflake,
Handsome in midair,
I have to know my direction clearly-
Fly, fly, fly,-
This land has my direction.
Don't go to that cold valley,
Don't go to the desolate foothills,
I won't be disappointed in deserted streets-
Fly, fly, fly,-
Look, I have my direction!
Dancing in the air,
Identify quiet homes,
Waiting for her to visit in the garden—
Fly, fly, fly,-
Ah, she smells like cinnabar plum!
I was naked at that time,
Yingying touched her skirt,
Close to her tender heart-
Dissolve, dissolve, dissolve-
Into her gentle heart!
I don't know which direction the wind is blowing.
Appreciate:
The poem "The Happiness of Snowflakes" is a rare inspirational song of Comrade Zhimo, so that many people even wonder if it was written by him after reading it. This is either the poet's long-distance service to Britain, or the positive thought of combining the pursuit of love with the ideal of changing the real society to seek individual liberation. Strong and fresh, sincere and natural, it truly expresses the poet's persistent pursuit of all beautiful things. This is unmatched by other poems.
Let's compare it with other poems of Zhimo. This poem is compared to Farewell to Cambridge. One is a whim, full of thoughts. The other is that it goes with sadness, and it turns to a low level. The Happiness of Snowflakes is the first poem in the first collection of Xu Zhimo's poems.
The poet's own arrangement is by no means arbitrary. Or we can follow the order of snowflake → Cambridge → wind, and we can see the realm that such pure poetry can reach, and we can also feel the limit of pure poetry. Then, snowflakes fly in mid-air, go straight to the "quiet house" and meet "her" in the "garden" until they melt into "her gentle heart"
The poet himself compares himself to snowflakes, uses metonymy and takes flying snowflakes as the image. Or, or, or, she is the poet's imaginary lover, but also a sublimated sacred love, subtly conveying the poet's persistent pursuit of love and beautiful ideals. But it is this snowflake that is full of the poet's thoughts and is worn by the soul. This is the snowflake of spirit, he is the spirit of human beings, and he will die for beauty. It is worth recalling that he did not feel pain or despair in the pursuit of beauty. On the contrary, he fully enjoyed the freedom of choice and the joy of love.
Snowflakes "fly, fly, fly", so firm, cheerful, relaxed and free, is really a self-evident and conscious result. In fact, the poet is crossing the reality to gain inner innocence and stick to lofty ideals.
The rotation, delay and final destination of snowflakes are completely consistent with the freedom, firmness and persistence of the poet's beautiful soul.
This poem has four verses. These four verses with sonorous rhythm are not so beautiful in structure as they reflect the wonder of the poet's passion ups and downs. A sober poet avoids the barriers of reality and builds everything on "if".
If these two words make this poem a soft and hazy style, then the enthusiasm and freedom in it will be shrouded in a faint aura of sadness. The rotation, delay and final destination of snowflakes are completely consistent with the freedom, firmness and persistence of the poet's beautiful soul. The rhythm of this poem is the sound of nature and the symphony of the soul.
The happiness of snowflakes is one of my favorite poems. Every time I read it, I really feel an indescribable sense of emptiness. Its rhythm is also relatively harmonious and full of musical beauty. For example, the poet repeatedly connects three floats, and there is no lack of brisk rhythm. Secondly, rich in painting beauty, not only the "quiet residence" and the quiet "garden" construct an elegant and beautiful picture scroll, but also the repeated "flying, flying, flying" weaves a profound picture scroll of the soul.
Poetry is imaginative and symbolic in the use of words, which can be said to be ingenious. For example, in the last three paragraphs, she can symbolize the poet's sweetheart, and can also be understood as the ideal pursuit that the poet yearns for. The author combines the subjective feeling of pursuing ideals with the objective natural scenery, thus turning the real scenery into a virtual scenery, creating a beautiful artistic conception for us and showing his flying and elegant artistic style.
Our eclectic poet, when writing, may face the snowflakes dancing outside the window with tears, or walk alone in the world of snowflakes dancing. His soul was tortured by imprisonment. The reality and the heaviness of the body tormented him. When "the glory of the stars and the moon and the hope of mankind" makes him sing "the joy of snowflakes", perhaps it can be said that the process of poetry itself is the process of soul flying?
How to understand the last sentence "melting in her soft heart"?
Dissolution can better represent its tenderness and charm, and it means silence, which is a comparable rhetorical device! ......