Shu ting
Wave to you in colorful flower handkerchiefs
Whose hand suddenly retracted?
Cover your eyes tightly.
People scattered, who?
Still standing at the stern
Clothes are flying like turbulent clouds.
Tao Jiang
Speak louder.
Lower your voice.
Beautiful dreams shed beautiful sadness.
Generation after generation.
However, the heart
Can it really turn into stone?
Because the crane overlooks the distant sky.
I miss the moonlight by the river countless times.
Along the river bank
The torrent of Jin Ju and Ligustrum lucidum
Is inciting new betrayal.
Instead of being exhibited on a cliff for thousands of years.
Why not cry on your lover's shoulder all night?
1981June Yangtze River
Goddess peak was written by Shu Ting, a contemporary poetess, in The Yangtze River. This poem is mainly divided into three paragraphs. The author described his behavior in the first paragraph, expressed his feelings in the second paragraph and expressed his feelings in the third paragraph. Goddess peak is a small mountain peak standing on a cliff by the river, with a beautiful and sad legend. This rock standing on the banks of Wuxia River, as the embodiment of female loyalty, has been highly respected and sung for thousands of years. However, from the action and emotion, we can see that the legend of goddess peak did not get a good position in the author's mind. However, in front of the "scenery" that tourists are scrambling to see, Shu Ting feels sad and unbearable: "In the colorful handkerchief waving to you/whose hand suddenly retracts/tightly covers his eyes/who is still standing at the stern when people disperse/whose clothes fly like a raging cloud/Jiang Tao: raise a voice and lower a voice/"The poet sees with women's compassion and kindness. I am infinitely sorry for the "countless moonlight by the river" that the fisherman missed when he looked at the sky for the crane. Moreover, it completely deconstructs this kind of "female virtue" that exudes the breath of male chauvinism: "It is better to cry on the shoulder of your lover for a night than to show it on the cliff for a thousand years."
As an excellent poem, goddess peak has achieved great success in both poetic art and thematic significance.
First of all, we appreciate the artistry of the poem itself: the subtle gestures of "waving a handkerchief", "withdrawing suddenly" and "covering one's eyes" first show that the lyric hero is a sensitive and delicate woman, and only women can have such delicate and vivid expressions and actions. The seemingly parallel arrangement of the three movements here is actually a very orderly advancement. The three movements of "waving, suddenly and covering" vividly show the psychological change process of the lyric hero. "Jiang Tao/tenor/bass" is also a form of expression of poetic art, which shows the poet's superb and mature poetic art. These three simple and tangible arrangements greatly increase the efficacy of "architectural beauty" of poetry, while "tenor and bass" itself does not contain much meaning, but it is an important footnote of the musicality of the whole poem. Like a gentle serenade, beautiful and moving, but not everyone can easily understand this. The simplicity, lightness, circulation and obvious musicality of "one voice is high, one voice is low" is a window of the musicality of the poem, from which people can deeply feel the flow and change of the musicality of the whole poem. As a sincere and true poetess, Shu Ting clearly shows the position of women in this poem, and her whole poem is full of distinct female consciousness. This poem reflects the deep understanding and care for women, and the euphemistic and delicate expression is entirely female. Moreover, Shu Ting did not directly shout out the slogan against feudal ethics, but publicized her pursuit of women's liberation through "the torrent of Jinguangju Ligustrum lucidum". "It is better to cry on your lover's shoulder all night than to exhibit on the cliff for a thousand years" is the main theme of the whole poem and the highest peak of lyric poetry. This is the call of women in the new era based on the truth of life. She called on women to boldly pursue worldly happiness, cry for love and laugh for love, instead of sacrificing their happiness for the false name of "virgin chastity woman". As a member of obscure poetry, Shu Ting's goddess peak embodies the artistic features of obscure poetry, and the last sentence is a focus of this obscure feature. It gives people a poetic feeling of "incoherent and endless meaning".
As the representative work of Shu Ting's poems, goddess peak has achieved great success in both poetic art and theme excavation. This poem embodies the value of female poetry text, deconstructs the ancient myth of advocating ethics and morality, and makes the life of young women alive. In the rebellion and spurning of traditional female ideas, modern female consciousness can be fully publicized. Goddess peak is a betrayal of the feudal concept of chastity, requiring women to be faithful all their lives. Well, this looks more tasteful.