在长夜中探索的足迹——评闻一多诗集《红烛》、《死水》的思想倾向

Footprints of Exploration During the Long Night On Wen Yiduo's Poetry Anthologies Red Candle and Stale Water

闻一多诗集《红烛》、《死水》在思想倾向上交织着作者爱国主义、反帝思想和追求美好祖国的抱负未能实现的矛盾苦闷心情。这些诗印下了诗人在漫漫长夜的旧中国探索前进的足迹,表现出他在早期寻求理想的祖国时充满希望和失望的思想反复,反映了诗人民主主义思想的局限,并由此而导致他在《死水》诗集出版后,终于停止了歌唱。

Wen Yiduo's poetry anthologies Red Candle and Stale water represent his ideological trend in which are interwoven patriotism, anti-imperialist indignation, together with his mental distress resulting from the failure to realize his ambition of bringing about a glorious future to the motherland. On these poems are impressed his exploring footprints during the Old China's long nights. Between the lines we can read his early-year mental fluctuation between hope and despair while struggling for an ideal motherland, which in turn reflects his ideological limitation imposed by his democratic thoughts. And it is this very imitation that led to his termination of poetic career right after the publication of Stale Water.