Mr. Wen Yiduo’s works

The modern patriotic poet Wen Yiduo’s works include:

1. "Passenger-like Student"

In 1919, when the May Fourth Movement broke out, Wen Yiduo Organize students to actively participate. In April 1920, he wrote his first vernacular essay "Passenger-like Students" to criticize the corrupt atmosphere of Tsinghua teachers and students and call for school reform.

2. "West Bank"

This poem is Wen Yiduo's first new poem, which was written and published in 1920.

"West Bank" describes a fictional story: a "boundless wide and bottomless" river divides the world into east and west banks. The east bank is filled with vanity, greed and all kinds of pain; Some people try to break free and put their hope in the invisible West Bank and other scenes; these all express the poet's doubts about reality and his yearning for a better world.

The whole poem is rich in connotation and profound in meaning. By writing this poem, the poet tells a story that is almost mythical, expressing his doubts about reality and his yearning for a better world.

3. "Red Candle"

It is a famous modern Chinese poetry collection, the first poem by Wen Yiduo. Published on September 7, 1923, the first edition contained 62 songs, and the 1981 edition by People's Literature Publishing House contained 103 songs.

The themes are wide-ranging and the content is rich. They may express the poet's patriotism, criticize the darkness under feudal rule, reflect the suffering of working people, or depict the beauty of nature. The concept is exquisite, the imagination is novel, and the language is vivid.

This poem was written in 1923. The poet was preparing to publish his first collection of poems. When reviewing his ideal exploration process and poetic achievements over the past few years, he wrote this famous poem "Red Candle" ", which is used as the preface to the collection of poems of the same name "Red Candle".

4. "Song of the Seven Sons"

It is a collection of poems written by the modern patriotic poet Wen Yiduo in March 1925 while studying in the United States.

In this group of poems, the poet uses personification to compare the seven ceded and leased places in China, including Macao, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, to the seven children taken away from the motherland. Let them express their sorrow of "being neglected by the motherland and being abused by aliens", "to express their loneliness and death, and to cherish the sorrow of the motherland in spring", so that the people can wake up from indifference, revitalize China, and regain the lost land.

The overall structure of the whole poem is uniform, each section is well-proportioned, full of architectural beauty, the rhythm is circling and ups and downs, and it is full of profoundness.

In 1999, in order to welcome the return of Macao, composer Li Haiying specially composed the first chapter of Wen Yiduo's "Song of the Seven Sons". It was first featured in CCTV's large-scale TV special "Macao Years" It was played as the theme song and later played again at the art gala for Macau's return.

5. "Dead Water"

It is a poem written by the modern poet Wen Yiduo. Through the multi-angle and multi-level composition of "semi-feudal and semi-colonial old China", it exposes and It satirizes the corrupt old society and expresses resentment and deep patriotism towards the ruling environment at that time.

In 1922, the poet went to study in the United States with the ambition of serving the motherland. In a foreign land, the poet tasted the bitterness of the Chinese being insulted and discriminated against. In 1925, the poet returned to China early with strong patriotism and ardent expectations.

However, the motherland that appeared in front of him after returning home was an extremely disappointing scene - warlords were fighting and imperialism was rampant, so that the poet's emotions turned from disappointment and pain to extreme anger. . The poem "Dead Water" was created under this situation.

The whole poem strongly lashes and curses the dark and outdated old China under the rule of warlords, showing the poet's deep patriotic enthusiasm.

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