The writing background of Gibran when he wrote Song of Flowers:
Gibran's "Song of Flowers" is one of the "Songs". The writing background of "Songs" is similar to Gibran's "Song of Flowers". Life related. In 1908, he was expelled because he angered the authorities by publishing his radical novel "Rebellious Soul".
The forced separation from his homeland and the poverty of life did not cool down his innocent love for the motherland and dilute his pursuit of ideals. He often expressed his deep attachment to his motherland and ideals in his poems. "Suite" is one of the representative works of this type of poetry.
1. "Song of Flowers"
It is one of the prose poems "Songs" by the Lebanese writer and poet Gibran Gibran. The poet uses the language of flowers to narrate the words of nature. , the article fully displays the soft, concise, elegant and fresh language characteristics of "Gibran style".
The poet constructs a vivid picture of nature through the fresh expression of the language of flowers. The picture contains poetic romance and realistic reality. This article was selected as the third lesson in the first volume of the 2018 Chinese textbook for sixth grade, and the fourth lesson in the first volume of the 2019 Chinese textbook for sixth grade.
2. Theme
1. Blending of emotion and reason
The poet praises the beautiful flowers with emotional words and expresses his attitude towards life with philosophical language. . "I" is the word of nature, the star, the daughter of the elements. The beauty of flowers has a sacred meaning. In the following part, flowers are like life, and life is like flowers. The poet uses flowers to express his noble sentiments and express his yearning for a bright life orientation.
2. The joy of life
There is infinite fun in the life of a flower. Flowers are the true expression of nature, stars falling in the green grass, and children of the earth. Flowers can be gifts to all kinds of people. Flowers live between heaven and earth, blending with the wind, birds, stars and the sun. You call and respond; day and night greet each other and part with the light; drink the morning dew, listen to the birdsong, accompany the fragrant grass, and look up into the sky. It is endless fun. .
3. The melody of love
The whole article is filled with the word "love". Starting from the first paragraph, you can read the love for nature, the love for the starry sky, the love for the earth, and the warmth of selfless gifts to the world. Starting from the fifth paragraph, I am very close to the morning breeze, birds, wilderness, breeze, stars and sun. Finally, there is the open-minded enjoyment of light and life, which is also full of love, that is, loving oneself.