Suffering is the sorrow of mankind. Suffering itself is not beautiful, because it is so cruel and cruel, destroying human nature. Humans don't want suffering, but in fact there are not only sufferings, but also one after another.
Then, this cannot but arouse people's thinking and the poet's thinking. So it is natural to describe suffering in poetry. Describing suffering is precisely to reveal suffering, so as to eliminate it, and the beauty of poetry is thus produced.
Talking about this poem, Ai Qing said, "I took the risk to write this ending. I am eager for someone to light an angry fire and illuminate China at that time. "
This helps us to understand this poem. The poet wrote about death-the Sichuan disaster, precisely to arouse the people, quickly ignite the fire of national salvation, and save the Chinese nation in distress.