Merimee is a famous novelist, and he also wrote romantic narrative poems in his early days, which was praised by Goethe and Pushkin.
His comments on poetry here, although only out of accidental conversation, are his views on Russian and French poetry at that time, but they are still of great reference significance to us.
He said that Pushkin's poems seem to be "brilliant flowers naturally spit out from calm prose", which means that these poems simply express the poet's feelings and express the poet. Feelings in reality. He said poet. "Seeking truth" not only reflects the truth of life, but also the truth of poets. The truth of feelings. In poetry-it should be said that in all arts, the truth of life must be reflected by the truth of the author's feelings. Seek such "truth", through which beauty will naturally appear.
On the contrary, the first thing to worry about is "effect, wit and talent", such a poet. Is used to using some gorgeous words, with a little clever creativity, playing a little trick; Such a poem may dazzle people and even amaze the author's intelligence-and this is the "effect" that the author requires. In addition, it is possible to be true only if it does not violate the truth. Truth-the truth of life, the truth of feelings is put in a secondary or even unnecessary position. Such a poet. It seems to be seeking beauty. However, leaving the truth and ignoring the truth to seek beauty is just the pursuit of the end. That kind of beauty is artificial, false, flashy and not beautiful. Explain the theme of three sentences in front of everyone. Only a few people know how to express it. This will always be a secret. I saw these three sentences copied by a young man who loves poetry in his album. It is said that it is a foreign poet, which I find very interesting.
The first sentence is easy to understand. Life is a mineral deposit of art, and any field or aspect provides material for poetry. However, how to know the object, whether you can feel anything from the object and whether you can explore anything will vary from person to person. This involves poets. Personality cultivation, feelings about life, aesthetic taste. In the face of certain phenomena or situations, some people are ecstatic, while others are indifferent; Some people linger, others rush by. Hardy said, "Poet. I don't pay attention to things that can't touch my emotions. " American poet. Allen Monk said, "I want to draw lines and colors that can touch my inner eyes. What I painted was not what I saw, but what I experienced. " This can help us explain the second sentence.
Why is it always a secret how to behave?
Because the object you want to express is different every time; Different objects make you feel different; Therefore, you can never be sure how to express it-with what color and strength, with what tone, with what method, that is, with what form, to express a new object.
Besides, poets. On my own creative path, I am always in the process of exploration.
He can't stay in his customary expression and style, he needs to constantly break through himself.
-because the object is different, the feelings are different, and because of the poet. In the spirit of artistic exploration, every time he faces a new theme, he needs to gather all his strength to track it, occupy it and express it.
This is just my understanding. I may not have understood the original author's meaning. But in any case, these three sentences are worth thinking about.
One thousand
French poet. Muse once said: I would rather write a poem for people to read a thousand times than write a thousand poems for people to read only once.
He emphasized the quality of poetry: to write poems that people are willing to recite repeatedly, rather than poems that are boring and unwilling to read after reading once. I'd rather have less, but better.
Poetry must have poetry first, and poetry must have poetry.
Only real poetry can enter the reader's mind and enrich and improve his feelings. However, rotten poems, rotten poems and insincere poems can only ruin readers' aesthetic consciousness and reputation. Of course, it also corrupted the poet. Your own image.
Therefore, we should respect both poetry and ourselves.
Writing a good poem requires the participation of poets. All aspects of literacy, I just want to say one thing here, that is, serious creative attitude.
Don't feel a little bit in life, or feel that a subject still has a little meaning, but start writing before it reaches that depth and height. Only deep excitement can make readers excited. "Without deep feelings, it is not thrilling." (focal height)
Don't take out a poem easily. The completion of poetry often goes through a difficult tempering process and exploration process. "You concentrate all your money on a piece of silk", "Write a new poem and sing it" (Du Fu). We should have such a serious attitude towards art.
Writing a good poem is better than writing a thousand bad poems. Art cannot win by quantity, at least, it cannot win by quantity alone. We should pursue quantity and quality. Besides, we know that quality is also quantity.
Of course, what we want more is to write a thousand poems that readers are willing to read a thousand times.
Law and impossibility
Amin scholar Zeng Shunzhi said: "Law is impossible." Rodin of France also said: "The purest masterpiece is like this. The forms, lines and colors that don't show anything can no longer be found, and everything is integrated into the mind and soul. "
The two meanings are interlinked.
Art needs careful thinking and tempering, but when it is taken out as a finished product, it is natural and not deliberately carved. This is especially true of poetry. No matter how good a poem is, it must be a place where the emotional communication between the reader and the author is interrupted, thus destroying the integrity of the poem.
A poet must pay attention to the exercise of basic skills, just as a painter must learn sketch well first, so does a poet. You should have the ability to master the language, distinguish the sense of language from the sense of words, learn to describe life scenes in refined language and express meticulous and profound feelings.
At the same time, a poet must also realize that the so-called "skill" is not something that can be independent of the content. The highest skill is to blend in with the content. "Clear water produces hibiscus, and carving is natural" (Li Bai).
We should learn to use skills and constantly hone and improve them in creative practice. However, don't show off your skills. Do you think what I said is just common sense? However, whether for you or for me, this is still common sense that must be constantly reminded, and some phenomena in the poetry world can testify.