Goddess

Author: Guo Moruo
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Publish Date: 1958-06-02
Features: The Goddess is Guo Moruo's collection of poems and also a mature new collection of poems in modern Chinese literature. It is a compilation of his early poetic works, fully embodying the spirit of the "May Fourth" Movement's vigorous advance. This book is part of the Extracurricular Literary Classics for Middle School Students series, accompanied by an introductory essay written by experts, which provides an in-depth yet accessible introduction to the book, guiding students to understand the work. The edition is complete, with detailed annotations, accurate translations, and is suitable for middle school students to read. Grand in conception, rich in imagination, passionate in emotion, and dynamic in rhythm and melody, these are the main features of the poems in The Goddess. Additionally, in terms of poetic language, the influence of classical Chinese poetry on rhythm is evident. The use of parallelism, repetition, and other rhetorical devices, as well as the precise pairing of words and the harmonious arrangement of tones, make the verses both fluid and melodious. Even the roughness of some words and phrases does not diminish the poem's dynamic rhythm and the powerful, rock-concert-like impact.