A brief account of the theme of Gu Cheng's poem "Far and Near"

2024-09-15 06:53

Gu Cheng's poem,"Near and Far", mainly explored the perception and cognition of human beings towards distance. The whole poem, from distant to near, from vague to clear, expressed the human perception and emotional experience of distance. At the beginning of the poem, the author used "far and near" as a metaphor for the distance between people, implying that distance produces the concept of beauty and loneliness. Then he described a scene: two people standing at the corner of the street far away from each other, but they could feel each other's breathing and heartbeat as if they were facing each other. But once they got closer to each other, the distance between them disappeared, as if the distance between them was only one centimeter. In the second half of the poem, the author used "near and far" to compare human feelings towards time. He began to describe the sound of a clock. The ticking sound of the clock seemed to make him feel the passage of time, but at the same time, it also made him feel the short and infinite time. In the end, he emphasized the concept of "near and far" again, pointing out that human perception and cognition of distance were subjective, just like how people felt about time and time. The theme of this poem was the perception and cognition of distance, time, and distance, as well as the emotional experience brought about by these perceptions and cognition. Through the poet's unique perspective, it explored the contradictions and thoughts in the human heart, which had high literary value and philosophical significance.