The poem Rain Lane was written in the summer of 1927. At that time, the whole country was in a state of white terror Because Dai Wangshu participated in progressive activities, he had to take refuge in a friend's house in Songjiang, chewing the disillusionment and pain after the failure of the Great Revolution in loneliness, and his heart was full of lost emotions and hazy hopes.
The poem "Rain Lane" is an expression of his state of mind, which is intertwined with the dual emotional appeal of disappointment and hope, disillusionment and pursuit.
The extended material Rain Lane creates a lyrical artistic conception with strong symbolic color. Here, the poet metaphorically described the dark and dreary social reality at that time as a narrow and lonely "rain lane". There is no sound, no joy, no sunshine here. The poet himself is such a lonely person, wandering in the rain lane. He has good hopes in loneliness.
I hope there is a beautiful ideal in front of me. The "lilac-like" girl described by the poet is a symbol of this beautiful ideal. However, the poet knows that this beautiful ideal is difficult to realize.
She is as full of sadness and melancholy as herself, fleeting and drifting away like a dream. What is left is only the poet himself who is still wandering in the dark reality, and the hope that the dream that cannot be realized generally floats away.
About the author: Dai Wangshu (1905~ 1950), whose real name is Chao 'an and his nickname is Haishan. Hangzhou, Zhejiang. One of the representative poets of China's modernism. Because of the poem "Rain Lane", he was once called "Rain Lane Poet". He is the author of a collection of poems, My Memory, Wang Shucao, Wang Shushi, The Years of Disaster, etc.
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