Judging from the development of the author's thoughts, the whole poem can be divided into four layers.
The first floor (i.e. 1 to 2) first points out Dayanhe's bitter life: she has no name, her name is the name of the village where she was born, and she is a child bride. Then introduce the theme:
I am the son of the landlord;
I also grew up eating milk from Dayan River.
Son of Dayanhe.
Dayan and I raised a family by raising me.
I grew up eating your milk.
Dayanhe, my nanny.
The poet clearly pointed out that Dayan and himself are the relationship between nurturing and being nurtured. Dayanhe was forced to raise the landlord's son in order to support her own family, which shows the hardships of her life; The poet is the son of Dayanhe who grew up eating Dayanhe's milk, so he is full of special feelings for her.
The second layer (that is, sections 3-7) depicts the lofty image of the hardworking, strong, generous and kind nanny Dayanhe, and shows the poet's deep respect and love for her in the memory and remembrance of her.
When writing this poem, Dayanhe had passed away. At this moment, the poet saw the snowflakes falling in the sky through the prison railing. In the cold silence, he naturally thought of his beloved's grassy grave of Dayan River, Wafi, the necromancer under the eaves of her closed former residence, the square foot garden she pawned, and the mossy stone chair in front of her door. In this sad picture of the old garden dying and people leaving the building empty, a series of concrete images symbolizing desolation and hardship are filled with the poet's injustice to the tragic experience of Dayan River and his mourning for Dayan River.
Then, the poet's thoughts flew back to his childhood, and he vividly described the poor life and hard work of Dayan River with eight parallel essays. She was so embarrassed and tired that she still held me in her arms and stroked me with her thick palm. From this ordinary and subtle action, we see the heart of a warm and kind mother! With clear brushstrokes and tears of gratitude, the poet outlined the character outline of an ordinary peasant woman, and delicately and truly wrote how hardworking, robust, simple and kind she was.
However, after Dayanhe used up the lotion, her baby was taken back to her parents' home. Although there are red lacquer carved furniture and gold patterns on the bed, he still feels embarrassed wearing a new dress with silk shell buttons, sitting on a fire bowl oil kang stool and eating rice that has been ground for three times! He looked blankly at the unfamiliar plaque and the unfamiliar sister in his mother's arms, because he was just a new guest in his parents' house! Comrade Ai Qing once said: I was born in a landlord family in the southeast of China and was raised by a poor peasant woman until I was five years old. I went home with the melancholy of farmers and grew up in the air of indifference and discrimination. (Introduction of Ai Qing's Selected Works) The poet's uneasiness in his parents' home is a foil to his attachment and love for the peasant woman's great research and peace! We see that rebellious thoughts and rebellious spirit are sprouting in the poet's young mind! Then the poet wrote that Dayanhe worked hard for a living. After she drained all the milk, she began to hug me with her arms. Six parallel sentences are used in succession, like a set of close-ups, which vividly describes how Dayanhe is carrying out complicated and hard work with a smile, and further subtly depicts her industrious and simple image and generous and kind character.
Wild goose river, deeply in love with her baby;
During the festival, for her, I was busy cutting the sugar of winter rice.
For him, he often goes to his home near her village quietly.
For him, go to her and call his mother,
Goose River, put his red and green Guan Yunchang on the wall next to the stove.
Dayanhe will boast and praise his breasts to his neighbors;
Dayan and had a dream that can't be told:
In the dream, she ate her child's wedding wine,
Sitting in the magnificent celebration hall,
And her beautiful daughter-in-law affectionately calls her mother-in-law
Dayanhe, love her baby!
This passage is vivid and vivid, and it is also a clever and incisive portrayal. The poet accurately chose a series of typical details, which not only reflected the truth of life, but also fully demonstrated the spiritual beauty of Dayanhe. Beauty is character and expression. It is by writing about Dayanhe's sincere and deep love for the baby, and by describing her inner emotional ripples, the poet wrote her simple and kind beauty. Even her beautiful dreams are linked with her wishes for the baby's happy fate! Only by showing Dayanhe's true feelings and pure heart can the image of this working woman in China be more lofty and perfect.