This poem shapes the image of an old horse, which can be seen as a whole: first, the poet compares people with horses; Secondly, in terms of content, "It doesn't say a word", "It hangs its head heavily" and "It only swallows tears in its heart". These sentences depict the image of "forbearance" rather than "struggle", which is a true portrayal of the tragic image of the people in the disaster-stricken old China.
Author and writing background.
Cang Kejia was born in the countryside of Zhucheng County, Shandong Province. He was familiar with the countryside since he was a child and loved farmers, so most of his poems were in praise of the countryside. 1933 published Brand, and the following year published Black Hands of Evil. This is the time when the decadent poetic style of "modernism" is rejected by readers. Jane Ke's poems describing farmers' images and rural scenery brought a fresh wind to the poetry world, which immediately attracted the attention and attention of the literary world and opened up a new world for new poems reflecting rural life.
Lao Ma, written in 1932, is one of Cang Kejia's famous poems "Brand". The author once said: "After the failure of the 1927 Great Revolution, I completely denied Chiang Kai-shek's regime, but I was very uncertain about the future of the revolution. Life is bitter and I feel depressed and sad. " The author saw an old horse with tragic fate with his own eyes, and there was a kind of pressure in his heart not to write it. By appreciating this poem, we can more specifically feel the achievements and characteristics of the new poetry creation of the Jianke family in the 1930s.
The gist of the content.
Eight short sentences in "Old Horse" have shaped the tragic image of an overwhelmed old horse.
Section 1, Write Load.
The first two sentences "always" and "no matter what" echo each other, showing the greed and cruelty of the owner, making the old horse overloaded, and also writing the stubborn and persevering character of the old horse, burying a cavity of grief and indignation in his heart. In fact, the last two sentences describe the compulsion, the word "buckle" and the word "heavy", which vividly and profoundly depict the tragic situation of the old horse under heavy pressure, the indifference of the owner and the pain of the old horse.
In the second quarter, write a whip and start. The first two sentences are fictional, depicting the sad and hopeless psychology of the old horse. The last two sentences are realistic "A Whip Shadow", which vividly shows the fierceness and ruthlessness of the master. Under such harsh oppression, what is waiting for the old horse ahead? The poet left readers with infinite imagination.
Regarding the poem "Old Horse", Cang Kejia once said: "To write about an old horse is to write about the old horse itself. How readers understand it is a matter for readers, and there are different opinions. "