The first section of "Farewell Cambridge" writes about the long-lost students' sorrow when they say goodbye to their alma mater. Using three "gently" in a row makes us feel as if the poet is standing on tiptoe, coming like a breeze and then blowing away silently; and the deepest love is actually illusive in the moment of waving. Became "the clouds in the western sky." Sections 2 to 6 describe the poet boating in the Cam River in search of dreams. The golden willows covered with sunset light, the green cattails on the soft mud, and the pools under the shade of the trees all come into view one by one. The two metaphors are quite cleverly used: the first one boldly imagines the "golden willows by the river" as the "bride in the sunset", turning the inanimate scenery into a living thing, warm and pleasant; The second one is to mistook the clear pool water for a "rainbow in the sky". After being crushed by floating algae, it turned into a "rainbow-like dream". It is in the midst of confusion and infatuation that the poet is like Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly. He has two ambitions. He feels that "the beautiful shadow in the waves / is rippling in my heart", and is willing to be a swaggering water plant in the soft waves of the Cam River. . This masterpiece that combines subjectivity and objectivity is both an accidental achievement and the result of repeated efforts; in stanzas 5 and 6, the poet reveals a new artistic conception. Borrowing from "Dream/Looking for Dreams", "A boat full of stars,/Singing in the colorful starlight", "Singing,/But I can't sing", "The summer insects are also silent for me/Silence is Cambridge tonight" four This refrain pushes the whole poem to a climax, just like the water of the Cam River, with twists and turns! But his frenzied state of singing songs on his bare feet in a place where the grass is greener and the stars are bright has never come true. The silence and speechlessness at this time is better than so many love words! The last section uses three "quietly" to correspond to the loop of the first palace. Come in style and leave in style. Wave your sleeves, what is shaking off? No need to say more. Since you have experienced nirvana once in Cambridge, why take away a cloud? The whole poem is completed in one breath and is soul-stirring. It is the best description of Xu Zhimo's "poetic life". Hu Shi said: "His outlook on life is really a kind of 'simple faith'. There are only three big words in it: one is love, one is freedom, and one is beauty. He dreams that these three ideal conditions can be combined in one life." Here, this is his 'simple belief'. The history of his life is just the history of his pursuit of the realization of this simple belief." If this is the case, then the poet's wandering by the Cam River is not exactly the same. A microcosm of this pursuit? Xu Zhimo advocated artistic poetry. He deeply admired Wen Yiduo's poetic ideas of musical beauty, painting beauty, and architectural beauty, with particular emphasis on musical beauty. He even said: "...Only when we understand that the life of poetry lies in its internal rhythm can we appreciate the true interest of poetry; no matter how noble your thoughts are or how passionate your emotions are, you must use them thoroughly Only through the 'musicalization' (that is, poeticization) can we gain the understanding of poetry..." ("Poetry Magazine Holiday").
Looking back at this poem "Farewell Cambridge": the whole poem has seven stanzas, each stanza has four lines, and each line has two or three stanzas. It is informal but rigorous, and the rhyme pattern is strictly followed. , four rhymes, ups and downs, catchy. This beautiful rhythm ripples like ripples. It is not only the sound of devout students pursuing their dreams, but also fits the ebb and flow of the poet's emotions, giving it a unique aesthetic pleasure. The seven stanzas of the poem are arranged in an orderly manner, and the rhythm spreads out slowly, quite like a poet who is "white in robes, thin on a cold island in the countryside". It can be said that it reflects Xu Zhimo’s poetic beauty.