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You're a prisoner too
Wen Deng Wanfa
In a high-walled prison.
Imprison a prisoner who wants to escape at every moment.
He does not admit his sins.
Wronged. The day is wrong to blame the night for what the dawn does.
The leaves fall on the autumn plain, and the autumn wind is complained.
In a lonely tower on a lonely island.
Imprisoning the idea that the brain is dead.
In an accidental manslaughter of a fawn.
Once exhausted, after the defeat of the wind and rain.
You've resigned yourself to your fate. You consider yourself guilty.
Gave up, all the testimonies of the efforts made in the pursuit of life.
Willing to be in the lonely tower of the isolated island, put yourself.
The thought of rushing to the sea and hitting the wind and waves imprisoned.
September 7, 2023.
Appreciation
When I saw the title of the poem, an idea flashed through my mind: everyone is a prisoner of their own. Some people set up their own walls and put themselves in the prison of ideas; Some people have been wronged, hindered by weakness, and swallow their anger; Some people want to escape from confinement, but they are restricted; Some people struggled desperately, but in the end they were defeated......Every life trajectory is excusable, what life can control and what cannot be controlled, reality has set rules. It is safe to operate within the rules, but to break the rules, it must be a bloody struggle. Bowing down or standing tall is a practice of self-preservation, and as a spectator, we should respect the trajectory of each individual's life and learn valuable lessons from it. In the poet's poem "You Are a Prisoner", the inner world is very complex, there are struggles, grievances, and compromises, both accepting and not accepting fate, because everything is coerced by reality. In order to understand the poet's suffering, let's dive into the poem**.
Let's look at the first stanza, which expresses a kind of resistance. This sentence "He doesn't admit his guilt" reminds me of the classic line in the movie "The Shawshank Redemption": The people locked up in Shawshank are innocent, and I am the only guilty person in Shawshank. Everyone who goes in claims to be innocent, and the main character, Andy, is indeed innocent, but sentenced to life imprisonment, so, he thinks about escaping from prison every moment. Because "he does not confess his sins." In this section, the psalmist's message is similar to Andy's. Unable to wash away his grievances, he had to choose to flee.
Then, at the beginning of the second stanza, the poet seems to be talking about grievances, and uses a very poetic description. The first analogy is that the day is wrong with the night, and the night is the dawn of what is done, which is in accordance with the laws of nature and reasonable, and the poet personifies the fault of the day to imply the outrageous grievances, and the human factor dominates. The second analogy is the combination of leaves and the autumn wind, the leaves falling are a natural phenomenon, and when the time comes, they will fall, but they are mistaken for the autumn wind, and the leaves will also fall without the blowing of the autumn wind. Once again, a grievance is hinted at. The poet uses indisputable facts, and it is a tactful and subtle expression, which makes the grievance even more confusing. Finally, the poet speaks of islands, towers, and dead brains, as if to imply powerlessness and abandonment. One can't help but sigh at the cruelty of fate.
Finally, look at the third verse, like the reasons and experiences of the first two verses. The accidental killing of the fawn corresponds to "he does not admit his sins" in the first stanza, followed by the resignation after the storm, and the corresponding to the "imprisoned brain is dead thoughts" in the second stanza, so that the orderly undertaking makes the structure and meaning of the poem more and more clear. Then the poet throws out the sentence "You believe that you are guilty", implying the meaning of "bending and beating into a trick", which may not be really beaten, but should be extended to spiritual submission, resignation, abandonment, and no longer confrontation. The psalmist then repeats the above conclusions. Unable to resist the misfortune of fate, he gave up his efforts, but carried out self-imprisonment, and really regarded himself as a prisoner from the heart.
Obviously, what the poet expresses is the yearning for freedom, but also the courage, and the best to change the fate. However, fate played a joke, and there was a sense of immediacy that people were in the rivers and lakes and couldn't help themselves. The poems employ analogical rhetoric and peculiar conceptions, creating an internal emotional tension. Although the poem is a little negative at the end, it is the end of hard work, and it is also an explanation to myself. Giving up does not exactly mean frustration, but it may also be a reverse expression of the injustice of fate, as can be seen from "you are also a prisoner", there is a mentality of irony and injustice. Moreover, the poem's transition from the beginning of the third person to the second person is full of meaning, and the title suggests a universal phenomenon that makes people ponder and worry about fate.
Throwing bricks and leading jade, discussing poetry on poetry, and learning by writing, this is the end. If you have different opinions, please feel free to communicate in the comment area. If you have a recommended poem, please leave a message to let me know, enjoy it together, and make progress together. I am the poet Ge Ming Cao, welcome to pay attention, see you in the next issue of poetry review!
Author:Deng Wanfa, who has been in the army for 15 years and has the rank of major, worked in the ** department of Zhongshan City, and later founded a business and did business. Passionate about poetry.