A tree, a tree
Stand apart from each other
Wind and air
Tell them the distance
But under the cover of soil,
Their roots have been elongated.
In the unseen depths
They twisted the roots together.
Appreciation: Give sincerity to every grass and tree.
The poet walked in the wilderness of Xinning, Hunan. This beautiful wilderness with mountains and water attracted the poet. Every grass and tree here inspires the poet's strong poetry. ...
Is the poet's footprint grasped by himself? Or fate? /kloc-0 In the autumn of 939, Ai Qing, who lives in Guilin, was invited to teach at Hengshan Rural Normal School in Xinning County, Hunan Province. He agreed and came to this landscape to be a Chinese teacher. What impact will it have on his poetry creation here? The mountains, rivers, grass and trees here seem to have spirituality, which makes the poet gain a lot.
The poem "Tree" came into being at this time.
Xinning county has an idyllic scenery, which seems to be far away from the anti-Japanese bonfire. It seems that I can't hear the gunfire and shouts of China warriors fighting bloody battles with the Japanese aggressors. However, the poet's heart was not intoxicated with this pastoral scenery. There are countless tentacles sticking out of his heart, and he always feels the pulse of the great struggle for national survival. His heart can't be calm, and his poems still care about the rise and fall of the world.
Maybe the trees here have their special charm. Perhaps at this moment, the poet has a special feeling for the trees here.
Love, the trees here have attracted the poet's attention and meditation. This is how the poem "Tree" came into being.
The poem "Tree" is not long, only eight lines. However, this poem has a lot of connotations.
A tree, a tree/independent of each other/wind and air/telling their distance.
These first four lines are about a scene, which is real, not only for the poet, but also for others. All the trees in the world are isolated and have a certain distance from each other. Looking at these four lines alone, it seems nothing special. If you don't look at the following, it is difficult for others to know the poet's intention in writing like this. But after reading the following poem, the meaning of the first four sentences becomes clear, and there is a social generalization in this simplicity.
But under the cover of soil/their roots are elongated/in the invisible depths/they are entangled in their own roots.
"But", a turning point, shifted the reader's eyes from the ground to the underground, and the broad meaning of this poem gradually became clear. This "but" has great power. The poet wants people to know that it is more important to see the tree standing alone on the ground, and it is more important to see the scene of the tree underground, where the roots are "intertwined".
The structure of this poem is very clear. The first four sentences are about the above-ground landscape of trees, and the last four sentences are about the underground landscape of trees. These two landscapes are the living landscapes of trees.
After reading the whole poem, readers will understand that this poem is not only about the life landscape of trees, but also about the life landscape of a society and a person. More accurately, the poet wrote about a living state and spirit of the Chinese nation at that time.
The poet's generalization is extremely accurate.