The Writing Background of Tagore's Banyan Tree

"banyan tree" hey, you are standing by the pool, next to a furry banyan tree. Can you forget that child, just like that child cháo built a nest on your branch and left you? Don't you remember how he sat at the window and looked at your tangled roots in surprise? Women often go to the pool to draw a basin full of water, and your big shadow shakes on the water, like a sleeping person struggling to wake up. Sunshine dances on the microwave, like a small shuttle weaving a golden brocade (zhān). Two ducks are beside the reed, swimming in the shadow of the reed, and the child sits there quietly thinking. He wants style, blowing through your rustling branches; Want to be your shadow, grow up with the sun on the water; Want to be a bird, perching on your highest branch; I also want to be those two ducks, swimming between reeds and shadows. In this poem, the banyan tree becomes a child's friend. The poet vividly described the child's meditation and fantasy about a tall banyan tree in the second person. "The furry banyan tree standing by the pool" and "the pool" are the places where banyan trees grow, which lays the foundation for the following further dialogue. "Pengtou" is the shape of a banyan tree. Banyan is an evergreen tree with many branches, air roots and a large crown. It grows in the tropics and is a common tree in India. In literary works, banyan is often a symbol of hometown. Therefore, the poet imagines the banyan tree as a child's friend, which is convenient for expressing homesickness. "Like a bird on your branch", the poet compares the child to a bird here to arouse the memory of "banyan tree". The "tangled roots on the ground" are invisible, but from the perspective of children, they are visible. "Root" is a pun here, which means "seeking the root and never forgetting the root". Then it describes three pictures of daily life: women pumping water, dancing in the sun, ducks swimming around. These pictures of life can arouse children's memory of "banyan tree". Finally, the poet imagines the child as a "wind", "shadow" and "duck" that cannot be separated from the banyan tree for an instant. Banyan is the embodiment of hometown and mother. Children's meditation and fantasy in the face of banyan trees is a manifestation of missing their hometown and mother. The description of banyan in the poem reminds us of our mother's character and image. (2) Like a fairy tale full of fantasy and magnificent colors, like a genre painting that makes people stand for a long time and causes infinite reverie, like an idyll that returns to nature. This is the feeling and impression of the poem "Banyan Tree". Tagore's poems seem to have no deliberate pursuit of works, no traces of bleak management of knives and axes, pure and natural, as natural as green mountains and green waters, and simple lines; Naturally, she looks like a rural girl of eight or nine years old, pure and unadorned; As natural as life itself. However, in nature, we appreciate its freshness and lightness, and its richness is attributed to its simple, gorgeous and concise style. "Banyan Tree" is a kind ramble about the banyan tree that a person accompanied every day when he was a child when he grew up. This kind of rambling shows the children's observation of the life around them and their strange fantasies about life. It is a sweet memory of the poet's own childhood life. This poem centers on banyan trees. At the beginning of the poem, the poet seems to whisper to the anthropomorphic banyan tree in the evening breeze: "Hey, furry banyan tree standing by the pool, have you ever forgotten that little child, like the child who built a nest on your branch and left your bird?" At the beginning, the poet explained the relationship between banyan and banyan and children. I'm afraid the banyan tree has been growing for many years, because all the children living around it have grown up. The banyan tree is unkempt, but it has a gorgeous crown.