Why only the Yangtze River in the Four Rhymes of Nostalgia. Begonia red. White snowflakes. Fragrance of Plum

The whole poem adopts a straightforward lyrical style. As a famous poet who was born in mainland China and became famous in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the feelings of family, countryside and patriotism have become the main direction of his poetic creation. Yan Canglang once said, "Poetry has a different material, not about reason; poetry has a different interest, not about books." .

The first chapter of the poem is about the meaning of an image, and the feelings are expressed in an image. The poet chose "Yangtze River water" as the first image, which has a profound meaning.

Chapter 2, the association of natural, interlocking. The poet asked for a "begonia red", is "blood like begonia red". It is the development of the imagery in the first chapter.

The third chapter, rhyme and harmony, a singing three sighs. The poet chose the "snowflake white" this rich national characteristics of the imagery. It is the poet's reflection, a new pursuit.

The fourth chapter, irrational and wonderful, rich in other interests. The poet chose the image of "the fragrance of plums". "In the coming day, leaning in front of the window, the cold plums are covered with flowers and trees." Is to create bright colors.

The whole poem, the poet's passionate homesickness and patriotism is like a red thread, will be rich in national characteristics of the "Yangtze River water", "begonias red", "snow white", "the fragrance of plum" are organically organized together. The poet chose "Yangtze River water" as the first image, which symbolizes modern civilization.

(I), the meaning of the elephant in the words, feelings expressed in the elephant.

Poetry is the art of expressing one's feelings and aspirations, but the expression of such feelings and aspirations is most avoided in an abstract and didactic manner, which is hollow and empty. For this reason, poets tend to choose some "emotional counterparts" (imagery) to express their feelings and aspirations, so that the poems will have a subtle and long-lasting expression effect. Yu Guangzhong's "Four Rhymes of Nostalgia" chooses four images with great Chinese characteristics and individual styles in order to express the poet's unforgettable nostalgia that has been accumulated in his heart for a long time. The first stanza, "Give me a ladle of water from the Yangtze River, ah water from the Yangtze River," begins with a call to arms, and is sung repeatedly, "water from the Yangtze River" is thought-provoking and intriguing. It is the natural nourishment of all things bubbling spring, it is the mother nursing children's sweet milk, it is the motherland to comfort the long tenderness of the wanderer. Poet wandering the end of the world's deep call is like crossing the desert, long drought and thirst of travelers for the green state and the spring of thirst, burning and pain, obsessive and obsessive! The "Begonia Red" in the second stanza and the "Fragrance of Plum" in the fourth stanza are very rich in classical flavor, which can easily trigger similar associations with classical Chinese poems, and implicitly and figuratively express the poet's attachment to and love for traditional Chinese culture. When a tree is a thousand zhang high, its leaves return to their roots; when a person is traveling, his soul returns to his hometown. Even at the end of the world, even at the end of the world, the bloodline of culture is always connected. The third stanza, "White Snowflakes", imitates the colors and draws the heart, using the crystal clear and white snowflakes as a metaphor for the traveler's heart and love for his motherland. The four images are presented in the same way, multi-faceted, multi-angle expression of the poet's motherland mother hand and foot, flesh and blood of the deep feelings of dependence.

(b), association of natural, interlocking.

The beauty of "Four Rhymes of Nostalgia" lies not only in the selection of imagery, but also in the fact that it is often centered around the central imagery to develop layers of associations, from the other side, from the surface to the inside, which greatly enriches and enriches the emotional connotation of nostalgia. The first stanza associates "water of the Yangtze River" with "wine", "wine" with "the taste of drunkenness", and "the taste of drunkenness" with "the taste of drunkenness". "the taste of drunkenness" to "the taste of nostalgia"; the remaining three sections are respectively composed of "red begonias", "white snow", "white snow", "white snow", "white snow", "white snow", "white snow", "white snow", "white snow", "white snow", "white snow" and "white snow". The remaining three stanzas are triggered by "red begonias", "white snowflakes", and "the fragrance of plums", and the expansion of ideas is similar to the first stanza. These associations, a ring set a ring, layer by layer, step by step, in-depth, fully reveals the nostalgia of the deep, heavy, far and long characteristics. The first layer of association in the first section compares the "water of the Yangtze River" to "wine", highlighting the fact that nostalgia is pregnant with great depth and is true to its essence; the second layer of association goes from "wine" to "the taste of drunkenness". The second association from "wine" to "the taste of drunkenness" is logical and natural, demonstrating the features of nostalgia that make people's minds and hearts intoxicated; the third association compares "the taste of nostalgia" to "the taste of drunkenness", turning abstraction into concrete and complexity into The third association analogizes "the taste of nostalgia" to "the taste of drunkenness", transforms abstraction into concrete, and complexity into simplicity, so that people, especially those who have never left their homes and traveled to the ends of the earth, have a concrete and clear feeling of "nostalgia". Three layers of associations, belonging to the "nostalgia" and the emergence of "nostalgia", understand the orderly expression of the author's feelings. Obviously, this is more artistic than a single association metaphor, the remaining three sections of the association of the expansion of the role of similar, I will not repeat.

(C), rhyme and harmony, a sing three sighs.

The Four Rhymes of Nostalgia can be seen as a piece of music written in words, the first line of the poem is like the theme melody of the piece, and it is echoed at the beginning and end of each stanza, which makes each stanza seem like an independent "section", and the structure of the four sections is very similar to each other, which are similar to each other. These similar "sections" are played repeatedly, forming a musical rhythm of loop and repeat, singing and sighing, which deepens the thematic idea, thus producing a stirring artistic effect. The idea of the repeated chapters and phrases was obviously borrowed from the Chinese folk song's cyclorama style.

(4), irrational and marvelous, rich in other interests.

Yan Canglang once said, "Poetry has a different material, not about the reason; poetry has a different interest, not about the book." Here, "different materials" and "different interests" refer to the characteristics of "marvelous without reason". The so-called "irrationality" refers to the unexpected poetic beauty and flavor brought about by this kind of counter-intuitive and irrationality. In Four Rhymes of Nostalgia, the author does not say "a red begonia", "a white snowflake", "a fragrant plum", but "a red begonia", "a white snowflake", "a fragrant plum", but "a red begonia", "a red snowflake", "a red snowflake", "a fragrant plum". ", "a snowflake white", "a fragrant plum", obviously, according to the logic of life and the habit of expression, "red" can not be quantified with the word "Zhang" to modify, "white" can not be qualified by the quantifier "piece", "fragrance" can not use the quantifier "Fragrance" cannot be measured by the quantifier "flower". However, the poet's ingenuity lies in the fact that "a red begonia" is used to emphasize "red" in order to highlight the vividness and splendor of "red", and this "red" is also related to the latter part of the poem. "and later with the" blood "naturally connected; with" a snowflake white "to emphasize" white "white", white crystal clear, immaculate, and the The word "white" is closely linked to the word "letter" in the back; the word "fragrance" is emphasized by the words "a wax plum" to The word "fragrance" is connected to the word "mother" below. On the contrary, if you say "give me a red begonia", "give me a piece of white snowflake", "give me a fragrant plum", the natural association of the latter with the text on the situation can not be unfolded. Therefore, from this perverse and bizarre collocation we can appreciate the poet's poetic wisdom.