Goddess, Guo Moruo's romantic poetry collection, has the revolutionary spirit of thoroughly opposing imperialism and feudalism and resisting all the old forces, shows the yearning for light, and most strongly embodies the spirit of the times in sturm und drang during the May 4th Movement.
Goddess, published in August of 192 1, is the first new poetry collection of Guo Moruo, which opened up a new poetic style and became the cornerstone of the new poetry movement. There are 56 poems in Goddess except the preface. Among them, the most representative poems are Nirvana of Phoenix and Rebirth of Goddess.
Goddess strongly embodies the surging spirit of the times during the May 4th Movement, which is totally anti-imperialist and anti-feudal, and is eager to pursue the spirit of praising freedom, liberation and a bright new life. In art, galloping imagination, rapid melody, majestic momentum, magnificent colors, heroic tone and free poetic style constitute the romantic characteristics of Goddess.
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Goddess provides various possibilities of artistic expression for the development of new poetry, not what level it has reached in art. In fact, understanding the artistic form of Goddess also requires a sense of history.
First, the rebellious artistic interest Guo Moruo said: "I wrote something, but I just let go of my momentary impulse and danced casually." (Three Leaves). Form without form: frank, natural and primitive, which has impacted the traditional poetic style. Anti-refinement, anti-symmetry, anti-elegance. Win readers' love in a rough and immature form. This is the main reason why Guo Moruo became a pioneer of the times.
Second, the "violent" poetic style satisfied the aesthetic pursuit at that time. Guo Moruo is a first-class poet in satisfying the aesthetic pursuit of creating a new era. It provided a happy emotional catharsis for the new generation of the May 4th Movement. Because it is too close to reality, the times have changed and cannot be recognized by future readers.
The ideological content expressed by the goddess is, first of all, the requirement of transforming the old world and cracking down on feudal barriers in the May 4th sturm und drang era. The protagonist appears as a rebel who pursues personality liberation, demanding to break all feudal shackles and sing praises to all saboteurs. Secondly, it is a deep love for the motherland and a longing for a better tomorrow. The poem praises the sun, light and hope, and is full of positive and enterprising desire.
Goddess has made the most brilliant achievements in the art of new poetry, which is the magnificent peak of romanticism in the May 4th period. The format of the goddess pursues "absolute freedom and absolute autonomy" and is not bound by any format. Its form is free and changeable, and it naturally forms an "emotional rhythm" according to the changes of feelings.