When you look up at the snowflakes flying all over the sky on a snowy day, there is an incomparable good mood in your heart, which can't be felt under other weather conditions, so we must appreciate it with the winter mood.
People must take advantage of the winter mood.
Watch the frost and snow cover
Branches of pine trees;
Must have been frozen for a long time.
To see the juniper covered with ice,
And the distant January sunshine
Rough spruce, not because of the wind.
This piece of land
The sound of leaves reminds me of
Any tragic fate,
The same wind in the same
Desolate places are also suitable for listeners.
Blowing, he listened in the snow,
It's not him at all, okay?
Everything, and all the emptiness in existence.
-Stevens "The Snowman"
American modernist poet Wallace? Stevens' poem The Snowman is a masterpiece of Stevens' many poems, which has the characteristics of both imagist poetry and symbolism. More importantly, this poem is full of artistic conception and has the philosophy and way of thinking of China Taoism.
At the beginning, the poet told readers that to appreciate the snow scene, one must have a winter heart, that is, a winter-like state of mind, in order to appreciate the frost and snow in winter. Next, the poet thinks that in addition to this state of mind, it is necessary to stare at the thorn pine that is topped by snow and ice and the spruce that shines in the January sun after a long period of frost. At this point, all the troubles and sorrows are scattered with the wind and falling with the leaves. In this empty land, with the sadness in the wind, watching the snowman listen in the snow with the winter mood, ignoring himself, ignoring everything and staring at nothingness. Judging from the whole poem, there is no appreciation of the image of the snowman. Philosophy lies in situation, which coincides with China's Taoist thought.
Taoism in China holds that heaven is nature and man is a part of nature. Therefore, Zhuangzi said: "Someone, the sky is also; One day is also one day. " Heaven and man are one. Different from the westerners' view of opposing nature, the thinking mode of China's philosophy is the unity of subject and object, and the highest realm is the unity of man and nature, that is, the harmony between man and nature. Zhuangzi said: "Heaven and earth are one with me, and everything is born with me." Emphasize the harmony between the subject spirit and the nature of the universe, and constantly improve the realm of life through the understanding and exploration of the so-called "Tao" of nature. In The Snowman, the poet expresses the idea that man and nature blend with each other.
Did it snow in your place this winter? On snowy days, "have a winter mood/look at frost and snow/pine branches and snow covers" ...