Petofi began to publish his works on 1842. He wrote poems with folk songs in his early days, which developed in form and created many famous works. With his own poetic creation practice, he overthrew the prejudice that aristocratic writers always despised the peasant language and thought it could only express low-level feelings. He praised the beauty of nature, shepherds on the grassland, fishermen on the Danube and young men and women working in the fields. His poems are loved by people.
Petofi has more than 50 poems such as Millet Ripe (1844), Thousand Cherry Trees (1844) and Dusk (1844), which have become real Hungarian folk songs and are widely circulated. 1844, petofi came to Perth from his hometown as an assistant editor of Perth Fashion, and published his poems (1844), cypress leaves on Adeka's tomb (1845) and travel essays (1845). After the publication of these collections, bourgeois writers attacked him for bringing "the vulgar and despicable language of farmers into the sacred palace of poetry" and attacked him for "singing for humble people", but he ignored it. At this time, he studied the history of the French Revolution and engaged in the translation of Shakespeare's plays and Heine's poems.
During the period of 1846, petofi once fell into "faint sadness". What did you eat in his poems "Clouds" such as Song of Hope, Madman and The Earth? "Poems reveal a hint of sadness. However, petofi's spirit is still strong. Under the influence of Hegel's leftist philosophy, he opposed absolute monarchy and advocated a thorough bourgeois democratic revolution. He actively engaged in political activities, formed the first writers' group in Hungary, the Association of Ten, and wrote many political lyric poems, attacking feudal system and monarchy. Such as anti-king (1844), aristocrat (1844), Hungarian aristocrat (1846), chain (1846) and so on. 1846, petofi United progressive writers and founded the literary and artistic publication "Life Scenes" to fight against bourgeois and feudal writers. He wrote the long poem Fairy Dream (1846), Sillari pista (1846), Salway Castle (1846) and the drama Tiger and Hyenas (1846). His political lyrics "My Song" (1846) and "An idea is bothering me ..." (1847) and so on. Call on slaves to rebel against rulers and overthrow autocratic system.
1846 In September, Petofi met Sendley You Liya and got married a year later. He wrote a lot of love poems, which were permeated with strong political content. For example, the famous freedom and love (1847): "Life is precious, but love is more expensive. If you are free, you can throw both. " This is the symbol of the poet's revolution and his oath to the revolution. During the period of 1847, petofi's poetry creation directly involved current events, such as Poems for19th Century Poets and Poems for the People, which expressed the voice of the times.
/kloc-at the beginning of 0/848, revolutions broke out in France, Italy, Austria and other countries. Perth radical youth led by Petofi launched an uprising on March 15. The poet also wrote poems such as Song of the Nation, Boiling Sea, Hanging the King from the gallows, and petofi recited Song of the Nation in public at the National Museum in Perth in the early hours of the uprising. From then on, from 1848 to 1849, the great national liberation war led by kossuth broke out. The goal of this revolution is to abolish the feudal system and liberate Hungary from Austrian rule.
1in the autumn of 848, the Austrian invaders launched a military attack on Hungary, which had just won, and the revolution failed. Petofi's political lyric poems in this period completely and truly reflected the whole process of revolution's outbreak, development and failure, such as The Old Flag-bearer (1849) and Going into Jihad (1849). 1in June, 849, petofi took part in the battle of General Bem and his men against the Russian-Austrian coalition forces. On July 3 1 day of the same year, he died heroically on the spear point of Cossack soldiers (in Lu Xun's language) and made a heroic sacrifice for the motherland.
Petofi wrote many lyric poems and eight long narrative poems in his life, among which three are the most famous: Hammer in the Country (1844), Warriors of Janas (translated by brave John, 1844) and The Apostle (1848). The sledgehammer in the country satirizes the exaggerated and artificial style in the romantic epic, and shows the hatred and contempt for the aristocratic landlord class. Janas Warrior is a long narrative poem. In order to pursue a happy life and love, the hero, Ionos, experienced the torture of poverty, the darkness of the long night and the rough waves of the sea, overcame the threats of the giant country and the dark country, and finally found a happy pastoral land, the spring of life and a loyal lover, Luska, in the fairy country. Petofi yearned for a better world and warmly praised the working people. He endowed the folklore with new colors and life, and created a romantic hero and world. This long poem became a force to inspire people's struggle and progress in the first half of the19th century. The apostle is the poet's later work. This is a long revolutionary poem with a political program. It describes the life of a revolutionary with lofty ideals who was executed for failing to murder the king. The Apostle is a glorious epic that reflects the Hungarian people's struggle for freedom and marks the peak of the poet's poetry creation. Sylvester, the hero, is a hero who works for the welfare of the people and the first representative of bourgeois radicals in Hungarian literature. The Believer shows that the author was influenced by utopian socialists Fourier and Owen.
Petofi also writes novels and plays. His novel Stranger's Rope is deeply loved by Lu Xun. His political essays effectively exposed the enemy and inspired the people. However, because petofi himself is a bourgeois revolutionary and poet, his thoughts have certain limitations and he can't jump out of the category of bourgeois thoughts.