Writing background: Poet Ai Qing was wrongly classified as Rightist in 1957, and went to live and work in Heilongjiang and Xinjiang successively, so his poetry creation was forced to be interrupted for more than 20 years. It was not until 1976 that he started writing again, and then another creative climax appeared. The Lost Years was written by Ai Qing after he returned to the poetry circle in 1978.
For Ai Qing, who loves poetry creation deeply, the years of exile left deep scars in his heart. More than twenty years consumed a quarter of his life, so when he recalled those years, his affection spilled on the paper through the pen.
Every word in "Gone Years", time can't be chased, so I am free to mourn. The last sentence is even more illusory: "The lost years are like a friend who has lost contact, suffered some hardships, and suddenly got news that he has passed away." This is also a song full of love and hate after Ai Qing's rough life.
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The poet Ai Qing 1957 was wrongly classified as Rightist. He once lived and worked in Heilongjiang and Xinjiang, and his creation was interrupted for more than 20 years. It was not until 1976 that he started writing again and another creative climax appeared. The Lost Years was written by Ai Qing after he returned to the poetry circle on 1978. In the poem, he deeply recalled his bitter years of being magnified in the northwest for more than 20 years.
For Ai Qing, who loves poetry creation, the years of exile left deep scars in his heart. Twenty years occupied a quarter of his life, and when he recalled those years, his affection overflowed on the paper through his pen.
Ai Qing wrote all about the life she had experienced. The Noisy City, The Distant Wasteland, The Crowded Station and Under the Lonely Small Oil Lamp explain the process of time extending through space, and fully reveal the poet's grief and helplessness over the "lost years".
Ai Qing wrote the most sincere and touching feelings in the most plain language. He equated "invisible years" with "visible objects" and used a lot of metaphors to compare "lost years" to "a bowl of water thrown on the ground", "flowing liquid", "gas" and "smoke from the front of a speeding train" … at the end of the poem.
The poet compares the lost years to friends. "He lost contact, suffered some hardships, and suddenly got the news that he had passed away." . Through these metaphors, the poet transforms the invisible emotions hidden in his heart into tangible concrete things, which deeply arouses the readers' hearts. Arouse the reader's inner sigh that "the years are in a hurry and the past is gone".