There is dawn every day. However, it is not easy for a nation to strive for the dawn of society. We must go through the struggle between blood and fire, and we must fight the darkness unremittingly.
After the poet went through many difficulties and even risked his life, he came to Yan 'an from Chongqing. In this new world, the poet's heart suddenly opened up. The poet clearly feels that the Chinese nation, which has suffered from class oppression and national crisis for a long time, is coming after years of struggle. The poet conveyed this message to people with his unique sensitivity.
The poet received the notice of dawn for the first time. How happy the poet's heart is! This is the unspeakable joy of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. This is a joy from China. This joy is warm and deep, and it contains a heavy sense of history.
The poet's peculiar imagination played an important role in this poem. The poet felt in his heart that the dawn of the Chinese nation was coming. However, when the poet wrote this poem, he did not focus on the usual thinking logic, that is, how people prayed or greeted the dawn, but wrote it from the opposite angle, that is, from dawn to pen, with the eyes and mood of dawn. The poet personifies dawn and expresses people's wishes in the tone of dawn. Such an angle and such a conception make this poem full of freshness and make the overflow of joy in the poet's heart more touching.
The notice of dawn is always written with the freedom of dawn. The poet became the messenger of the dawn prayer.
Dawn asked the poet to tell people: "Say I came through the dew/guided by the last star//I came from the east/from the rough sea//I will bring light to the world/warmth to mankind."
When dawn comes, people are very happy. They must be unable to restrain this joy and take various actions to welcome the dawn. The poet wrote many vivid details of life in his poems, but these details were spoken through the tone of dawn. In fact, it goes without saying that these vivid details are the poet's own feelings, just giving the dawn. It would be nice to say it before dawn.
"Ask them to welcome me-/Pioneer of this day, Messenger of Light."
Since then, a series of details have surfaced in front of me. Here, we only quote a few lines: "Please ask the street sweeper to clean the street/ask the truck to remove the garbage//ask the women in the village to open their henhouses/ask the farmers to take the cows out of the barn."
These details are simple and touching. It is what the poet feels from his own life experience. This heartfelt joy is a kind of joy of liberation.
Dawn also hopes the poet, "please wake up all the unfortunate people"-mothers, girls, pregnant women, wounded people, refugees and so on. I will comfort them together. The poet wrote so many "please wake up" people, and the poet has profound meaning. In other words, the arrival of dawn will comfort all the oppressed and exploited working people and vividly and profoundly reveal the meaning of dawn.
The whole poem seems to be very specific, and one picture after another is constantly presented. But the whole poem can be said to be a symbol, and Dawn itself is a symbol. It symbolizes the victory of the revolution and the liberation of the whole country. Many details in the poem can also be said to be a symbol, that is, the victory of the revolution, the liberation of the country, people will enter a new world. People warmly welcomed this new world and rejoiced for it.
The reason why this poem is kind and touching lies not only in the truth and vividness of these details, but also in the revolutionary significance conveyed through these details.
The poet edited Poetry Magazine in Yan 'an and wrote an article "My Wish-To Poetry Magazine". The poet said with passion: "Poetry is the glory of national spirit and the highest expression of human reason. The development of poetry is the inevitable result of the cultural development of a country and a nation. "
He also said: "The unfinished revolutionary cause needs poetry, and the creation of new China needs poetry-poetry that is realistic, heroic and strong, profound and touching."
It is in this high sense that the poet wrote the poem "Notice of Dawn". However, the poet did not express this supreme significance in a straightforward and slogan-like way. But with true feelings, vivid descriptions and ingenious ideas. The reason why a poet can poeticize a lofty meaning lies not only in the flesh-and-blood relationship between the poet and the revolution and the destiny of the nation, but also in the seriousness of the poet's request for poetry. That is, poetry should be poetry, not something else.