1889 65438+1On October 30th, 23-year-old Ye Zhi met the beautiful actress Maud Gunny, and the poet fell in love with her at first sight. This love that has been entangled in the poet's heart has been fruitless after many twists and turns, but the poet's deep love for her has brought real and infinite inspiration to the poet. Since then, the poet has written many poems on this subject. When you are old is one of those famous poems. At that time, the poet was still a poor student, full of hope for love, and only had a hypothetical and vague feeling about sentimentality.
At the beginning of the poem, the poet imagined a scene: by the dark fireplace, the fire reflected the pale face of the aging lover, and the white-haired lover spent the rest of his life. At that moment, the poet asked her to take down her poem. At that time, maybe the lover will understand how sincere and deep the poet's love is. The assumption at the beginning of the poem is actually an oath. The poet entrusted himself and his future to his lover. This love may be just for a look of his lover. The poet promised that even if his lover is old, he still loves her deeply. Even if her hair is gray and her eyes are dim, she can still recall the love, shadow and sadness brought by that soft look, so that her last life can be enriched. In the last few years of her lover, the poet longed to be by her side.
However, such an oath and such firmness have not been rewarded as they deserve. Lovers are excellent: beautiful, young, with admirable inner display. This doomed the difficulties and twists of the poet's love. Those vulgar people also love her, for her appearance, for her young beauty-they love with hypocrisy or sincerity. However, the poet's love is not like this. Poets love people's souls-that's the souls of pilgrims; Therefore, the poet's love has the loyalty and holiness of pilgrims; Poets love not only the sweet faces when people are happy, but also the painful wrinkles when people are old. The poet's love will not be discouraged by the hardships of love. The poet's love will not fade because of the aging of his lover, but it will last forever. The more suffering, the stronger love.
Although the person he loves ended in vain, the poet will still recall the process of pursuing love, cherish the memory of the lost years, and calmly let love flow in his heart and lips. The poet is worried about lovers. Will she be sad for this lost love when she is old? Will she say sadly the love that was once placed in front of her? The poet's love was sublimated. It is a higher level of love-on the mountain overhead, among the dense stars, the poet pays attention to his lover through a heavy curtain and wishes him eternal happiness on earth.