Original poem
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I miss the island where you live.
It belongs to the tropics and is a green country.
On the shallow beach, there are always colorful fish.
Birds bounce on branches, such as the rise and fall of keys.
The cliffs there love to stare, and the vines hang like hair.
The grass there is good at waiting and full of wild flowers.
The sunshine you bathe in is blue, and the sea breeze is green.
Then your health is depressed and love is slow.
The humor of the cloud and the faint thunder smile.
Dance music in the forest and cold songs.
I can't describe the island where you live.
It is difficult to draw a picture of a slight earthquake in the afternoon there.
If I go, I will take my flute.
I am a shepherd boy and you are a lamb.
Otherwise, if I go, I will become a firefly.
Light a lamp for you with my life.
1953
(Selected from Twelve Poets in Taiwan Province Province, Chongqing Publishing House 1983 Edition)
Poetry appreciation
Island begins with an implicit confession of "I miss the island where you live". After some description, it is slowly brewing. Finally, I openly said, "Use my life to light a lamp for you", echoing from beginning to end and showing my true feelings. The words are plain, the images are concise, and there is no trace of effort, which makes people sigh deeply.
I miss the island where you live. I miss you living on the island. A small inverted sentence is used here, which makes the structure uneven, makes it more poetic, and gives off an intriguing brilliance in disharmony.
If the first paragraph is an objective external description, then the second paragraph is subjective empathy, and the poet is eager to reveal an emotion. The cliffs there like to stare, the grass there is good at waiting, and the still things come alive at once, showing a bright and beautiful color. Let readers instantly feel how true and credible the sentence "I am missing the island where you live" is. "The long vine hangs like a hair", a mirror image of a beautiful woman with the same hair, which seamlessly corresponds to the "gaze" in front.
The grass there is "full of wild flowers" waiting to be overlooked. This rhythm and image vividly depict the human form and vividly shape the image they expect; Profoundly set off the meaning of "staring" and "waiting".
The sunshine there is blue, the sea breeze is green, so beautiful, who is not fascinated? What's more, there is a "you" who makes me crazy, living there, lush and sunny. In the second section, the use of metaphor and transformation creates a feeling of blending scenes, which makes people involuntarily enter a colorful and distinct emotional world under the guidance of the author.
"If I go, I will take my flute", then I will be a shepherd boy and you will be my dear lamb. We are close to each other, and I will play the melodious flute and take you to wander in the grass with flowers and birds. Or, I turn into a firefly and light up the road ahead of you with my weak and stubborn light, taking my life as the deadline. This is a commitment, an exaggerated but valuable emotional attitude. True love needs lifelong care!
In form, the whole poem has a clear structure, distinct layers and neatness; Secondly, there are many confrontations. Zheng Chouyu is good at skillfully blending the essence of classical poetry into modern poetry. Yang Mu, a writer in Taiwan Province, said in his long article The Legend of Zheng Chouyu: "Zheng Chouyu is a poet of China in China. He wrote very well in China, with accurate image, gorgeous voice and absolute modernity." He emphasized the China nature of Zheng Chouyu's poetic language, thus reflecting China's thoughts and feelings. The purity of words is an advantage of this poem.
When talking about the skills of writing poetry, Zheng Chouyu said: "When writing poetry, you should be loyal to yourself, not bluffing. If you are not sure about yourself, it is disloyal. " Therefore, Zheng Chouyu paid attention to the purity and neatness of words and images, and tried his best to express the poet's most faithful feelings with the most faithful words. This is a true and sincere poem. It still touches the heartstrings of countless readers. I think the most important factor is not to win with words, but to impress people with its inner feelings. This kind of emotion is not disguised or carved, which makes the scene harmonious and consistent in the poem and has endless artistic appeal.
Through this clue, I have an insight into a neglected fact, that is, in the world of poetry, a certain value proposition does not need to be tortured on the metaphysical philosophical level. The touching and subtle promotion of the soul and emotion may be more powerful than the two opposing poetic writing intentions of value education and value elimination.
On a small island, there are beautiful scenery, people who fascinate me, dreams when I was young, and ideals for which I am willing to devote my life. ...
Brief introduction of the author
Formerly known as Zheng, he was born in Ninghe, Hebei Province and Jinan, Shandong Province, 1933. He is a contemporary poet. Graduated from Zhongxing University in Taiwan Province Province, and resident writer of China Ocean University.
His poems, such as Mistake, Sailor's Knife, Canister, Island, Mistress, When Fog Begins, are not only fascinating, but also intoxicating. Known as "the prodigal poet" and "the poet of China in China".
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Zheng Chouyu-occupation
During the Anti-Japanese War, she traveled around the mainland with her mother and was taught to read ancient poems by her mother during her refuge. /kloc-started writing new poems at the age of 0/5. He has an emotional appeal of a classical poet, but his poetic language is mainly vernacular, mainly expressing his own life experience.
After Zheng Chouyu went to Taiwan with his family from 65438 to 0949, he continued to read and write. His works were appreciated by Ji Xian, and he became a major member of the modern poetry club in 1963.
1955 after graduating from zhongxing university, the first book of poetry was published in Taiwan Province province. Most of Zheng's early poems are concerned about society.
1968 participated in the international writing project of the University of Iowa at the invitation of Ange and Nie Hualing; In the same year, he won the "Second Youth Literature Award" and served as a Chinese lecturer in the East Asian Language Department of the University of Iowa the following year; 1983 obtained a master's degree in creative arts from the University of Iowa in the United States, continued to study in the doctoral program of mass communication in the School of Journalism, and taught in the Department of East Asian Languages.
1985 was renewed indefinitely by Yale University, and his wife Yu also worked in the East Asian Collection Department of Yale University Library.
The poem 15 was translated into French by Martine Vallette Hemery, a professor of French literature, and published in Liasse(Huitieme). His published poems include Selected Poems of Zheng Chouyu, Selected Poems of Zheng Chouyu I and Selected Poems of Zheng Chouyu.
Zheng Chouyu has also made great contributions to literary education in Hongkong. In 2002, the Hong Kong Education Bureau incorporated the poem "Rain Talk" into middle school textbooks and the poem "Water Lane" into vocational school textbooks. In the same year, he served as the literary judge of the Hong Kong Biennale and participated in the seminar on modern literature of the University of Science and Technology.
In 2003, he received an honorary degree from the registered World Academy of Literature and Art in California. From 65438 to 0994, he began to teach China's general theory of modern poetry in cooperation with Professor Sun Kangyi. Currently living in the United States, Professor of East Asian Literature Department of Yale University. His masterpiece "Mistake" is known as "the swan song of modern lyric poetry".
Zheng Chouyu-Personal influence
His poems are permeated with two complementary temperament verve. One is the spirit of "benevolence and righteousness", which is bold and open-minded, and the other is graceful and graceful, full of twists and turns, touching and affectionate. These two qualities fully show the poet's profound classical literature accomplishment. It is this accomplishment that makes him avoid the shortcomings of modern poetry school in Taiwan Province Province, and integrate China's traditional consciousness with the expressive skills of western modernism, thus becoming an out-and-out "China poet in China".
Zheng Chouyu's personality assessment
Zheng Chouyu, his people and his poems all give people a sense of mystery. He is an athlete himself, but what he expresses in his poems is an affectionate scholar. He has a deep literary accomplishment, but he graduated from law school. As a leading figure of modernism, his poems are full of classical charm. His poems are graceful as Li Shangyin and bold as Li Bai. Zheng Chouyu's famous poems, such as Mistake and Sailor's Knife, are mostly based on travelers. Therefore, he is called "the prodigal poet".