1. Time background: The creation of Selected Poems of Ai Qing spanned a long time, covering different historical periods from 1930s to 1970s. These poems reflect the great social changes in China during this period, including War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, the founding of New China and the Cultural Revolution.
2. Personal experience: Ai Qing is a poet with rich experience, and his personal experience has had a far-reaching impact on his poetry creation. He participated in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation and witnessed the sufferings and disasters brought by the war to the people. These experiences made him have a profound understanding of social reality and provided rich materials for his poetry creation.
3. Literary tradition: Ai Qing was influenced by China's ancient literature and western modern poetry, and his poetry blended traditional cultural elements with modernist poetry. This fusion makes his poems have a unique style in form and content.
Ai Qing's Selected Poems is a collection of poems reflecting the changes of the times and personal feelings, which shows Ai Qing's concern for social reality and thinking about human destiny.