In the May Fourth era, when people were rushing forward, breaking through all feudal barriers, and raising the banner of individuality and emancipation of the mind, "Tengu" can be said to be the most typical and unique example that fully reflects the spirit of this era. work.
This poem uses strange imagination and extraordinary symbols to create an image of a "Tengu" with a strong rebellious spirit and wild personality pursuits. With grandeur and extreme exaggeration, the "Tengu" swallows the sun and the moon, looks majestically at the universe, stands tall and radiant, and emits the surging passion and the theme of old and new in the literature of the May Fourth era.
The whole poem has four stanzas, the first stanza expresses the majestic spirit of "Tengu". The poet relied on the ancient story of tengu devouring the sun and moon, and imagined running in a strange and illusory realm. He also used a huge pen like a rafter to describe the "tengu" devouring the sun, moon and stars, encompassing all things in nature, and expanding his "self" infinitely. A huge image that occupies the center of the universe. "Swallow the moon", "swallow the sun", "swallow all the planets", "swallow the whole universe", not only show the majestic momentum of the "Tengu", but also reveal all its myriads. The power of Jun expresses the destructive spirit of "Tengu" sweeping across the old universe.
The second stanza follows the spirit of the first stanza and writes about "Tengu" gaining infinite energy to create a new universe and new life. Precisely because "Tengu" has the spirit to swallow everything, it has obtained incomparable energy from all things in nature. It absorbs all light sources in the universe, integrates "the total amount of energy in the universe", and becomes the master of the universe. , has the magnanimity to sweep away everything and rebuild the future. The poet once said this through the mouth of Qu Yuan in "Xiang Lei": "I create dignified mountains and magnificent oceans. I create the sun, moon and stars. I gallop through the wind, clouds and thunderstorms. Although I am limited to myself, I let go. It can spread throughout the universe." This can be seen as a vivid portrayal of the courageous and decisive spirit of the May Fourth era that boldly destroyed everything and created everything.
Because of this, in the third section, the "Tengu" that gathers "the total amount of energy in the universe" finally takes action violently. It "flies", "barks", " "burning", "burning like fire", "screaming like the sea", "running like electricity", and ruthlessly "peeling", "eating", "sucking" and "gnawing" one's own body , destroy your old form, and then penetrate into your own spiritual cells, and grasp your self-awareness more acutely and consciously in your inner nature. Finally, the whole story is concluded with "I am me! Mine, I am going to explode!", and the "Tengu"'s innovative spirit of finally giving up everything and hoping to find self-rebirth in the explosion is depicted with strange brilliance. As a result, the whole poem is unified in theme and intention into the tone of Guo Moruo's "Nirvana" spirit.
"Tengu" has a strong subjective color. The poet melted his own emotions into the image of "Tengu", directly compared himself with "Tengu", and wrote about the expansion of his own power and the liberation of his own spirit. Each line of the poem compares itself to "Tengu", which expresses the expansion of one's own power and the liberation of one's own spirit. Each line of the poem begins with "I" as the subject, and often uses the affirmative word "yes" to strengthen the metaphor and express one's feelings directly, creating a volcanic eruption and surging passion. It fully demonstrates the awakening of self-awareness in the May Fourth era and the social spirit of pursuing individual liberation and self-rebirth.
In terms of art, "Tengu" has the characteristics of novel imagination, majestic momentum, exciting melody, high-pitched tone, and steep language. These characteristics are unified in the poem's strange, majestic, and powerful style. In terms of the way the poem is conceived, the poet uses the "Tengu" to express himself, and uses the "Tengu" to swallow the sun and the moon to develop a magical association. Through the extreme exaggeration of the "Tengu"'s courage and power, in the symbolic poetic image, It creates the image of a lyrical subject who is bold and rebellious - "I" (i.e. "Tengu"). "I" emerged from the sky, "I" occupies the universe, "I" dominates everything, "I" becomes one with the universe, and "I" gains new life through self-eating. The poet tightly grasps the "moving" spirit of "I", shows the magical self-power that sweeps away and destroys everything, and sings a hymn to the self-power with infinite potential. This kind of powerful imagery, high style, and strange brushwork can only appear so vivid, expressive, and contagious under the pen of Guo Moruo, a romantic master with extremely rich imagination. In terms of poetic form, the whole poem is led by the word "I", forming a continuous parallelism from beginning to end. It is advanced layer by layer and strengthened step by step, which effectively strengthens the language momentum and exaggerates the lyrical atmosphere. In addition, the poems are short, the rhythm is rapid, and the rhyme is sonorous. When recited, it looks like a violent rainstorm or a rushing sea tide, giving it a breathtaking and majestic momentum.