Adapted from the poem "Farewell Cambridge" by Xu Zhimo.

1. Original poem:

Gently I leave

Just as I came gently

I wave gently

Farewell to the clouds in the western sky

The green willows by the river

Is the bride in the sunset

The shadow in the ripples

Appreciation:

Ripple in my heart

Crystalgia on the soft mud

Swaggering slickly under the water

In In the soft waves of the Cam River

I am willing to be a waterweed

The pool under the shade of elm

It is not a clear spring but a rainbow in the sky

Precipitated a rainbow-like dream

Looking for a dream to hold a long pole

Walk back to where the grass is greener

A boat full of stars

Singing in the beautiful starlight

But I can’t sing

Quietness is the shengxiao of farewell

The summer insects are also silent for me

Silence is tonight's Cambridge

Quietly I left

Just as quietly I came

I wave my sleeves

I won’t take away a cloud

2. Background and appreciation:

"Farewell Cambridge" is a famous modern Chinese novel One of the representative works of poet Xu Zhimo. Cambridge is the seat of the famous Cambridge University in the UK. From October 1920 to August 1922, the poet studied here. The Kangqiao period was a turning point in Xu Zhimo's life. In the autumn of 1928, Xu Zhimo visited England again. He revisited his old place and became inspired by poetry. He turned his life experience into strands of emotions, which were integrated into the beautiful scenery of Cambridge he described, and also galloped in the poet's imagination. "Farewell Cambridge" is a beautiful lyric poem, like an elegant and beautiful piece of light music. The vivid artistic conception and flowing pictures in the poem all give people a beautiful enjoyment.

The whole poem uses the ups and downs of emotions when bidding farewell to Cambridge as a clue, expressing the deep affection for farewell to Cambridge. The poet started with the words "gently", "walking", "coming", "waving" and "saying goodbye to the clouds", and then used the technique of alternating virtual and real to depict flowing pictures, forming a wonderful artistic conception everywhere, and detailing the The poet's love for Cambridge, his longing for the past life, and the helpless sorrow of separation before him are expressed in a sincere, rich and meaningful way.

The poet avoids the farewell objects of ordinary farewell poems. The person bidding farewell in this poem is not a person, but "the clouds in the west". The object of farewell moves from the human world to the sky, breaking away from the cliché of "holding hands and looking into tearful eyes" or greetings, giving people a fresh and elegant feeling.

The poet creates a special atmosphere for parting. Generally speaking, parting involves holding hands and giving instructions, or holding hands and stamping one's feet. There is always a bit of "hurt farewell" in it. This poem only colors the scene and does not imitate the sound. It uses "gently", "quietly" and "silence" to create a silent and silent environment, which eliminates the heaviness caused by "sad farewell" in parting and adds to the Ethereal ingredients.

The imagery in the poem is unique. Generally speaking, when the poet bids farewell to Cambridge, when there are people seeing him off, the poet will also see high-rise buildings and busy traffic in his eyes, and he will also hear the roar of machinery in his ears. But all of this, the poet did not capture the camera. The objects written in the poem to express his feelings are natural objects such as "clouds", "golden willows", "soft waves", "green grass", "green grass", "stars", etc., which avoids Fireworks in the world create a fresh and beautiful artistic conception.

This poem is like a Chopin serenade. There are four lines in one section, and the lines of each stanza are arranged in an orderly manner. The number of words in each sentence is basically six or seven (there are eight-character sentences in between), which is neat in the uneven changes; each stanza rhymes, and the rhyme changes from stanza to stanza. Pursue the fluctuation of syllables and the sense of melody. In addition, the repeated use of repeated words such as "gently" and "quietly" enhances the light rhythm of the poem. The last stanza of the poem is similar to the first stanza, echoing each other, giving people a dreamlike feeling.

Almost every stanza of the seven-stanza poem contains a picture that can be drawn. The poet uses more colorful words to bring visual beauty to people, such as the clouds in the western sky gently waving goodbye, the reflection of the golden willows on the riverside in the Cam River, the swaggering aquatic plants at the bottom of the Cam River, the swaying flowers under the elm trees Green pools covered with floating algae and so on. Moreover, through words with strong action characteristics, such as "waving", "rippling", "swaggering", "crushing", "mansulting", "waving", etc., each picture becomes a dynamic picture, giving people a sense of movement. Three-dimensional feeling.