Compare Macao to children who have been taken away from their motherland, and let them express their sorrow of being "lost in the motherland and abused by aliens", "to express their loneliness and death, and to cherish the motherland in spring" "Sorrow", so that the people can wake up from apathy, revitalize China, and regain lost ground.
In this poem, Wen Yiduo uses personification to compare China's "lost land" in Macau, which was plundered by foreign powers at that time, to children who are far away from their mothers, crying that they have been bullied by aliens and longing to return to their mothers' arms. of strong feelings.
This first-person "monologue" method not only makes people feel friendly, but also greatly enhances the sense of belonging, making each poem infused with the pain of the plundered flesh and blood, strongly expressing He expressed his deep attachment to his motherland.
The pain of losing a "son" is the aggregation of grief, anger, pain, disappointment and despair. The protracted suffering will undoubtedly arouse the poet's anger, and the fire in the heart and the burning worry will certainly increase the poet's struggle and the pain of resistance. .
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Creative background
Since the late Qing Dynasty, China has been invaded by foreign powers many times. When Wen Yiduo went to study in the United States, his experiences in various places made him feel sad and angry. In 1925, he wrote the poem "Song of the Seven Sons" full of patriotism to express his patriotism and longing for his country.
The poet uses personification to compare these seven "lost lands" to seven children who are far away from their mother's arms. In the tone of children, they cry out that they were forced to leave their mother's swaddling clothes, were bullied by foreign races, and longed to be reunited. The strong emotion of returning to my mother’s arms.
When Wen Yiduo was writing this set of poems, he was studying abroad at the New York Academy of Art. Having lived in the United States for nearly three years, he has personally experienced the humiliation of racial discrimination many times. Everything he saw and heard inspired his strong national pride. Coupled with the experience of being away from home for three years, he developed a deep attachment to his motherland and hometown, and also deepened his understanding and love for the traditional national culture.
Therefore, during this period, he wrote a large number of patriotic poems, on the one hand he remembered and praised the motherland, and on the other hand he expressed his curse on the imperialist powers. This set of "Songs of Seven Sons" was born under this background. The day after writing "Song of Seven Sons", Wen Yiduo called it "the voice of nationalism" in a letter to his friend Liang Shiqiu. .