In the sixth stanza of the poem "Red Candle", the poet expresses the contradictions, pain and struggles he encountered in the whirlpool of real life.
He expressed sympathy for Hongzhu: "Why bother to be sad and cry?" He seemed to be trying to understand why Hongzhu was sad and crying, and at the same time trying to alleviate Hongzhu's pain. He was surprised by the tears shed by Hongzhu, which reflected his complicated emotions towards Hongzhu, which made him confused and surprised.
He appears thoughtful about Hong Zhu’s pain, which shows that he is trying to understand and resolve the pain Hong Zhu is experiencing. In general, this section expresses the poet's deep understanding and sympathy for the pain and struggle experienced by Hongzhu, and also reflects the poet's inner struggle and contradiction when facing the contradictions and pain in real life.
Appreciation
Red Candle is a poem written with the theme of prose poetry. It is also the first poem by Wen Yiduo, a famous modern Chinese poetry collection. This poem expresses the poet's patriotism, criticizes the darkness under feudal rule, reflects the suffering of working people, or depicts the beauty of nature.
Hongzhu focuses on the rendering of fantasy and subjective emotions in the way of expression, using a large number of lyrical interjections to strongly express the emotions in the heart with beautiful language. In terms of poetry form, the poet pays great attention to the formal beauty of poetry and the rhythm of poetry, so as to be consistent with the emotions to be expressed in the poetry, such as: the use of repeated sentences, the rhyme form of traditional Chinese poetry to a certain extent, the back and forth and each stanza. The poems in the poem are relatively neat and so on.