Through the artistic technique of overall symbol and the inner monologue from "kapok" to "oak tree", this poem enthusiastically and frankly sings his own personality ideal and love view, which requires standing shoulder to shoulder, independence and affection.
The poet has a careful design when choosing the material for poetry creation. Oak is so suitable to represent the masculine beauty of men, and kapok is so suitable to represent women's self-reliance and equality with men. As soon as this poem was born, oak and kapok became a new group of images in China's love poems.
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The whole poem sincerely confesses the "Oak Tree" with the lyric subject "Kapok", personalizing and spiritualizing them, so that these two central images shine with ideological and aesthetic light from the outside to the inside. Kapok can be understood as a symbol of the beauty of modern women full of youth, softness and rigidity, and also as an impassioned, rich emotion and unique deep personality.
Oak shows a masculine temperament, which is a symbol of stalwart and strong character. With this unique and exquisite image as the symbolic core, this poem naturally breaks away from the concrete and limited form and has rich connotations. It can be regarded as equal and sincere love between men and women, and it can also be understood as intimate, equal and harmonious interpersonal relationship.