What is the wonder of the art of poetry?

Hugo is the greatest poet in the history of French literature, and his long creative career is permeated with poetry. He is regarded as a national poet in his own country, not only because his poems are numerous and artistic, but also because his poems keep pace with the times, reflect the political and social changes in France for nearly half a century, and express the thoughts and feelings of quite a few people in this process.

Hugo's poetry creation has never been divorced from the social reality of France, nor has it gone against the trend of social progress. Concern for the fate of the motherland, longing for the cause of freedom and liberation, hatred of tyranny and protest against social injustice constitute the high profile of bourgeois democracy in his poetry creation. This is where he is far above other romantic poets. The themes of his poems are also diverse. In addition to social and political themes, there are quite a few works that lament life, discuss philosophy, express love, describe natural scenery and describe family joys and sorrows.

Hugo is different from other negative romantic poets. His philosophy has no pessimistic and gloomy thoughts, nor does it have the sorrow of being infected with the disease of the century. He seldom gives a detailed description of natural scenery, and often finds out the poetry in it extemporaneously, which constitutes a realm of scene blending and poetry. Hugo has another feature that many other poets don't have, that is, he praises family life. Many of his poems are affectionate, cordial and natural, which can be regarded as excellent works with characteristics.

Hugo is a master of French poetry, and his poetry creation is highly artistic. Hugo's highly romantic poetic talent is often manifested in his colorful artistic conception and strange and ingenious imagination. The richness of images is an important artistic feature of Hugo. He can often use various metaphors to describe a thing, enrich an image with continuous poems and express an emotion, thus creating flying colors, repeated melodies and emotional momentum. Hugo is good at giving people concrete feelings through visual images, even if he expresses something abstract or visually impossible to capture. As far as artistic conception is concerned, Hugo's poems are like fantastic picture frames, but as far as image details are concerned, they are strict and accurate. Hugo also applies the technique of contrast to poetry, sometimes comparing two different thoughts and feelings in a poem, and sometimes using two contrasting words in a line of poetry, in order to create a strong impression and increase the artistic effect. Hugo is also quite clever in inheriting and combining and in planning articles. His poems are clear in context and rigorous in structure. Narration is not dull, and it strives to be dramatic. In the form of poetry, Hugo used all kinds of metrical patterns, but he did not stick to the rules, and first obeyed the needs of content. His vocabulary is extremely rich, and his rhetorical statements attach great importance to sound effects. His poems are not only poetic, but also have beautiful poetic rhyme. (Liu Mingjiu)