Poetry is a treasure in the treasure house of literature, the essence of language, the crystallization of wisdom, the flower of thought, the light of human beauty and the purest spiritual home of mankind. Poets at all times and all over the world have written countless beautiful poems with their brilliant brushstrokes. After time's tempering, these poems have become immortal classics that transcend nation, country and time and space, directly hitting the hearts of generation after generation, and giving people both ideological and artistic enjoyment and edification.
The quality of life needs to be continuously cast, and the realm of life needs to be continuously expanded. Reading and appreciating poetry is undoubtedly of unspeakable significance for improving the quality of life and enriching the connotation of life. Reading a few excellent poems in one's life can not only broaden one's reading horizon, but also gain some profound life enlightenment and positive life reference. Excellent poetry embodies the suffering and joy, disillusionment and dreams, frustration and success carried by the human soul, the eternal dignity and beauty in the human spiritual structure, and the persistent thoughts and noble feelings of pursuing truth, goodness and beauty and abandoning falsehood, ugliness and ugliness. Reading excellent poems can help us appreciate the beauty of language and rhythm of poems, at the same time, empathize with the poet's life and social philosophy, gain the strength to survive in difficulties and the courage to fight ugliness, so as to constantly surpass ourselves and improve ourselves, hold high the ideal banner in the future life journey, cross all obstacles in life, and make rapid progress towards an ideal and perfect life.
There are countless poems in ancient and modern China and abroad, so it is neither realistic nor economical for a person to read all the masterpieces handed down in a short life. In order to let readers know the creative achievements of Chinese and foreign poems quickly and effectively in the shortest time, and get the best reading effect, our society organized relevant personnel, on the basis of extensive reference to relevant materials, and after repeated and meticulous discussion and thinking, finally selected 60 most famous, most widely circulated and most influential poems from the dazzling treasure house of Chinese and foreign poems, and compiled them into a book "60 poems that must be read in life". The selected poems cover China and foreign countries, focusing on modern and contemporary times. They have various forms, different styles, high ideological and artistic quality, and represent the highest achievements of Chinese and foreign poetry creation.
In order to help readers understand the works in depth, five columns have been added in this book: reading reasons, author introduction, appreciation of famous works, genre sources and recommended reading. "Reasons for Must Read" briefly comments on the reasons why a poem was selected, so that readers can have a preliminary understanding of the next reading; The author briefly introduces the poet's life course and creative achievements, so that readers can have a clear and general understanding of the author; Appreciation of Famous Works is a poetry review written by professional researchers in well-known universities. It analyzes the writing background, content, language characteristics and style of each poem in easy-to-understand language, and guides readers to taste poems from different angles. The Origin of Schools reviews various important poetry schools in the history of modern and contemporary poetry development at home and abroad to help readers understand the types, poetic opinions and status influence of these poetry schools. "Recommended reading" recommends several other famous poems or representative short poems of the poet to readers and guides readers to read other outstanding works of the poet in their spare time. In order to create a relaxed reading atmosphere for readers, we also selected beautiful pictures that fit the poem. There are more than 300 pictures in the book, which are illustrated and complement each other, making readers unconsciously start a happy journey of reading colorful literature.
We hope that through this book, we can lead readers into the palace of poetry, appreciate the artistic charm of Chinese and foreign poetry, and then enlighten the soul, cultivate temperament, improve their literary accomplishment, aesthetic standards and quality of life, and create a pure holy land of life.