Paper Boat" Author: Bing Xin
I never abandon a piece of paper,
I always keep it - keep it
< p>folded into small boats,thrown from the boats into the sea.
Some were blown into the windows of the boat by the wind,
Some were wetted by the waves and stuck to the bow of the boat.
I still keep folding them every day without getting discouraged,
I always hope that one of them will flow to where I want it to go.
Mother, if you see a small white boat in your dream,
Don’t be surprised that it entered the dream for no reason.
This is what your beloved daughter folded with tears in her eyes,
Thousands of rivers and mountains, please ask it to carry her love
and sorrow back home.
Bing Xin's poem "Paper Boat" reflects the deep longing for his mother that a wanderer who has left home feels. The whole poem is full of longing and calling for mother. Different from most poems with similar themes, Bing Xin chose a novel writing perspective, using child-like purity and innocence, and selected paper boats from the children's game world as an intermediary to express her infinite longing for her mother. The use of paper boats shows people the image of a wanderer wandering outside and being helpless, thereby expressing an infinite longing for his mother. At the same time, it also shows people the author's innocent heart of missing his motherland.
The first and second stanzas of the poem are about folding paper boats and throwing paper boats: "I never abandon a piece of paper, / always keep it - keep it", which shows that the poet is not like this This move was only made after a long trip, but it reflects the long-standing longing and affection for the mother; "folded into small boats" indicates the large number of folded paper boats, and also expresses the longing for the mother. After the poet "threw the paper boats from the boat into the sea", "some were blown into the windows of the boat by the wind,/some were wetted by the waves and stuck to the bow of the boat", and wrote The heartbreaking result of the carefully folded paper boat is thrown into the sea instantly, which hints to the reader that it is actually impossible for the paper boat to float across the sea to his mother, giving people a pessimistic and desperate mood; but the poet is still "not discouraged" I fold them every day, always hoping that one of them will flow to where I want it to go." The place she wants to go to is my mother! As the saying goes, "Sincerity causes gold and stone to open." Can the poet's wish come true? In fact, the poet's wish can be realized. , this issue is no longer important. The most important thing is that this is the only way for the poet to express his longing. Only in this way can the poet relieve the sadness in his heart. Only in this way can he most fully express the unforgettable feeling of longing. In the third stanza of the poem, the poet misses her so much that she expands her imagination: "Mother, if you see a small white boat in your dream, / don't be surprised that it enters the dream for no reason." The paper boat cannot drift to the mother's side, so it enters the mother's side. In the dream! "This is what your beloved daughter folded with tears, / thousands of rivers and mountains, asking it to carry her love and sorrow back." Point out the theme, the emotion reaches the strongest state, which makes people feel endlessly sad. . This is the most wonderful line in the whole poem.