With his meticulous and accurate brushwork, the poet unfolds a vivid, yet miserable, picture in front of us. The poet writes about the hillsides, paths, ponds, huts, fields, and farmers in the wilderness, as well as the fog, tombs, and stone tablets in the wilderness... What does the poet want to tell people by describing the scenery in the wilderness so carefully? After reading the whole poem and thinking about it carefully, you will realize the emotional fluctuations deep in the poet's heart:
Look at our wilderness. This wilderness is originally vast, rich, and beautiful. Our farmers have been working in this wilderness for generations. Farmers love this land, their roots are deeply rooted in this land, and their ancestors have bled and sweated on this land for generations. They always hope that with their hard work, intelligence, and blood and sweat, they can make this land richer and more prosperous, making it broader and more magnificent... However, in the 1940s, this place was still It's so desolate, so poor, so stupid. When people see this, they will naturally ask: Why is this? Look at our living environment! The rulers are corrupt and incompetent. What can they do except enjoy themselves, except enslave the wilderness, and except brutally exploit the peasants? The iron hooves of imperialism have stepped into China, adding insult to injury and putting new pressure on this poor land. How can this wilderness, every plant and tree in this wilderness, and these farmers be able to withstand such a situation? What about the pressure? When people read this, they will naturally think further: Can this wilderness be endured like this? If you can't bear it anymore, what should you do? Just like the poet's stern question at the end of the poem: "O wilderness -/will you always be worried and tolerant,/unjust and silent?"
Thinking of this, the poet's deeper intention is obvious Revealed: This withering scene in the wilderness can no longer continue. To change this appearance, we must rise up to fight, fight against the invaders, and fight against the corrupt rulers. Otherwise, there is no other way out.
The positive meaning of this poem burns people's hearts! The complex activities of the poet's inner world are not stated directly in the poem, but are only allowed to be experienced by the readers through the description of the scenery in the wilderness. The brilliance of this poem, that is to say, its artistic characteristics, lies here.
Let’s see how profound the poet’s description is: “What a bleak life people lived in those huts…/The shadow of life covers them…/It seems like there will never be daylight there. It seems that / they are breathing together with the livestock, / - their beds are like barns, and those tattered quilts / are like a pile of soil / gray and hard..."
Let’s look at: “The farmer came out of the fog/carrying a bamboo basket,/there were only a few bunches of onions and garlic in the bamboo basket;/his felt hat was in tatters,/his face was like his The clothes are as filthy, / his hands with cracked skin / are inserted into the waistband, / his bare feet / are stepping on the frosty road, / he silently / carries the slight sound of the carrying pole, / Slowly/disappearing in the foggy front..." This profound description makes readers feel and think. This is almost a traditional Chinese line drawing technique, which allows people to see the true face without any modification, so that readers can feel the severity of this picture.
In fact, the poet's own emotions are also permeated into the scenery described in white. Readers can clearly feel the poet's inner anxiety and injustice! Generally speaking, "I" exists in poetry. Sometimes this "I" appears directly, sometimes not directly. No matter what, the feeling of "I" and the thinking of "I" are omnipresent in the poem. The reason is very simple. Poems are written by poets, and it is impossible for the poet's thoughts and feelings not to be revealed in the poems.
In Ai Qing's poem "I Love This Land", "I" speaks directly, and "I" is pushed in front of the reader like a close-up. In this poem "Wilderness", "I" does not appear in the poem, and it is a completely direct and realistic description. But, does “I” not exist in the poem? no. "My" eyes, "my" emotions, and "my" thoughts are all deeply contained in it.
Ai Qing said: "Every poem is written by oneself - written through one's own heart." He clearly advocated that when a poet writes a poem, he must put himself into it and dissolve it. It is unimaginable without the poet himself in the poem. If a poet wants to put himself in and dissolve into it, he must be loyal to the times, loyal to life, and loyal to his true feelings.