In April, the most beautiful scenery in the north is apricot blossoms all over the mountains. At that time, the grass, trees and wild flowers had not yet begun to compete for beauty, but just put on a eager posture before the performance. Apricot flowers are like the opening dance of this grand event, white, pink and red, as if flowers were in full bloom overnight. The beauty of apricot flowers is neither enchanting nor gorgeous. They are like a beautiful girl like a small jasper, wearing the cleanest flowery clothes and going to the market in droves. What you say, what I say, laughter becomes the sweetest melody.
In my childhood, apricot flowers brought me too much beauty and joy. Not only her beauty, but also a deep feeling in her heart-homesickness. This is April in my mind. Perhaps, everyone has their own April, or sweet, or sad, or romantic, or has a long aftertaste of the past. In this issue, I will taste April in the eyes of this talented woman of the Republic of China through the analysis of Lin's "You are an April Day on Earth".
I said you were April,
Laughter lit up the surrounding wind; Lightweight and flexible
Dancing and changing in the splendor of spring.
You are the cloud on the first day of April.
The evening breeze is soft, and the planetesimals are there.
Unintentionally flashing, drizzle sprinkled in front of the flowers.
That's lightness, that's elegance, and you are, Xianyan.
You are wearing a crown of flowers, and you are
Naive and solemn, you are the full moon every night.
When the snow melts, you look like a yellow gosling
The first green bud, you are; Gentle and happy
Water floats with white lotus in your dreams.
You are a flower and a swallow in the tree.
Whisper between the beams. You are love and warmth,
It's hope, you are April day on earth!
Lin is a crescent poet, who opposes sentimentalism, demands "harmony" and "unity" in art, and emphasizes that poets should dance with shackles, which is manifested in pursuing the metrical form of poetry, tending to classicism and objectifying subjective feelings. Mr Wen Yiduo, a poet of Crescent School, put forward three beauties: the beauty of music, the beauty of painting and the beauty of architecture. "You are April Day on Earth" fully conforms to these three principles of beauty. This poem belongs to a typical romantic poem, and the whole poem composes a love carol with beautiful and natural images. Where does the beauty of this poem come from?
There are two versions of this poem, the original intention of the poet. One is in memory of Xu Zhimo, and the other is for his newborn child. Combining the beautiful feelings and images contained in this poem, I prefer the second view. Of course, Liang Sicheng also said that this poem was written for his eldest son, Liang Congjie.
Why is this poem beautiful? First of all, let's understand what "conception" is. Conception is the preparation we should make in advance before creating, including establishing the theme and defining the emotional tone. The theme of this poem is to express "praise for newborn children". Emotion is a kind of love and cherish, and the emotional tone is bright, joyful and full of infinite tenderness. With such a beautiful idea, the poet naturally tries his best to show such beauty in the choice of words, sentences and images.
When it comes to artistic conception, as long as you search online, there are a lot of explanations and quotations. After reading it, I always feel specious. I think what the author said is really reasonable, but I still feel that I don't understand it. I understand the artistic conception as follows: it refers to people's emotions, that is, people's secular desires; Context is an artistic scene, that is, the poet makes the poet's abstract emotions and emotions objective and concrete through creation. For example, I am full of anger, so I use scenes like volcanic eruption or fire to express my anger. Of course, this is purely personal. If you have a better way to explain the artistic conception, please leave a message in the discussion area. Thank you very much.
The whole poem is like a colorful picture scroll, which unfolds slowly, allowing readers to appreciate the "April Day on Earth" picture scroll presented by the poet. The poet painted a vivid, gentle, bright and happy picture with images such as "wind, clouds, stars, drizzle, crown, full moon, green, goose yellow, white lotus, flower tree and swallow".
The first section is a picture of dancing light and shadow in spring, which is dynamic and lively. The poet began with the word "light", which made the whole poem lively and aroused the readers' good mood at once. Then, through free association, we think of lightness in the wind-lightness in the dance of light and shadow.
In the second quarter, the poet thought the softness, ethereal and freshness of the "early clouds" became the softness of the wind blowing in the evening, the ethereal shining of the stars inadvertently, and the freshness of the drizzle before the flowers. This paragraph is like a montage in a movie. Switching three pictures invisibly strengthens these beautiful scenes and infects us with a beautiful atmosphere. Dawn, dusk, stars and drizzle, these four groups of images all change in time and space, showing a poetic tension.
The third and fourth sections serve as a link between the past and the future. The Light inherits the core image of "the spirit of light" in the first and second sections. Then "flowers" are associated with "that is elegant and beautiful" What kind of Hyun-yeon is it? The poet said it was "the crown of flowers". So the poet continued to associate "flowers and crowns" with "innocence and solemnity". The poet consciously linked the images of "spring, morning, dusk and stars" in the first two sections with the full moon every night, and naturally inherited the image of "dream" in the next section. The poet unconsciously opened the artistic conception of the whole poem from the time and space scene.
The "snow melting goose yellow" before the "dream" is directly associated with the image of "moon", and the poet associates the color of "goose yellow" with the color of the first bud "green". Gentle joy "is a further emphasis on" goose yellow and goose green ". The rhythm between these two sections is faster than that of the previous two sections, and there is an endless feeling that is dizzying. This may be the poet's original intention, trying to change the internal rhythm of poetry, in order to avoid falling into straightforward narrative and lack of twists and turns. Just like a stream, blocked by stones and rivers, it can splash beautiful water and make a tinkling sound.
In the last verse, the poet's feelings become more and more intense and cheerful, reaching the climax of the whole poem. This kind of intense and cheerful emotion, we must choose images that can also express this kind of emotion, so that we can know it and feel it. Because the images in front are all from natural scenery, the poet uses "a tree blossoms" to express the intensity of feelings, and uses "swallows whispering among the beams" to express the joy of feelings, and naturally cleans up. "You are love, warmth and hope" is not only the summary of the whole poem, but also the core word of this poem, which plays an invisible role in series. "If the front is a picture scroll, then they are picture scrolls.
The last sentence of the poem, the use of dashes, is like music coming to an abrupt end and slowly ringing, with a sense of lingering sound.
The structure of this poem is a typical linear structure, and the sections are naturally connected through free association. Endless pictures are like parallel unfolding, with inevitable connections, like a white pearl necklace, rich and elegant. Between the pearls, it embodies the poet's superb rhetorical skills.
This poem uses layered metaphors. Every sentence pattern of "You are …" is a metaphor. The ontology is "you", which is compared to "April day on earth, the clouds on the first day of April, the full moon every night, the expectation of white lotus, the flowering of a tree, the whispering of Liang Jianyan". These metaphors mobilize our vision, hearing and touch through synaesthesia, making the poet's abstract feelings knowable and sensible.
There is another point that needs everyone's attention. The metaphor (picture) contained in each section of the poem not only emphasizes the theme image of "April day on earth", but also is a part of this theme image. For example, to describe a beautiful woman, we have to describe her skin color, facial features, headdress and clothing, in order to achieve a complete impression. The whole poem is like a series of metaphors, somewhat similar to Apollo. Obviously, the poet has greatly expanded it.
The poet also uses symbolism. The images and pictures constructed in the poem are all symbols of the last sentence "love, warmth and hope".
Why am I talking about this? It's beautiful. There is a saying in Buddhism: "The phase is born by the heart, and the environment is created by the heart." Although the original intention of this sentence is not to say poetry creation, it is appropriate to use it here. The appearance here is the weather expressed by the poet through words and images; The realm here is the artistic conception formed by the poet through the construction of images. If a poet can write a poem as beautiful as "You are April Day on earth", then she must have a heart as beautiful, pure and bright as "April Day".
Liu Xizai, a writer in Qing Dynasty, once put forward the literary criticism theory that "Poetry comes from character" in A Brief Introduction to Poetry. He holds that poetry works are the expression of individuality, and the artist's moral cultivation, temperament, personality and other personality qualities play a decisive role in the thought and style of artistic works. Therefore, he emphasizes the artist's character cultivation, which is an important factor in creating good works. He also pointed out that having a good personality does not necessarily lead to a good work, but also requires artistic accomplishment and artistic ability. Obviously, Liu Xizai's views on poetry and personality have obvious dialectical characteristics.
In short, through the overall analysis of "You are April Day on Earth", we can know that to create a beautiful poem, we should not only have rich knowledge reserves and superb artistic talent, but also have a beautiful heart that feels and loves nature.
Masterpieces handed down from generation to generation have their own characteristics. Since it can last forever, it must have its secrets. Come on, let's explore the secret of poetry. Welcome to recommend modern poetry to me, please leave a message under "Welcome to talk about modern poetry with passers-by", please indicate "author+poem name".
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