The Profound Songs Born out of Sufferings and Hardship ——on Ai Qing’s Poems after His Comeback to the Republic of Letters

Ai Qing's poems after his comeback to the republic of letters have reflected his great thoughts. Ai Qing is still as adept as he was in his early years of composition at creating vivid and accurate images and developing the theme by means of symbolism. As still waters run deep, Ai Qing's language shows a kind of simplicity. Drawing upon past sufferings and hardships and with the poet's unflagging pursuit of the art of poetry throughout his lifetime, Ai Qing's poems have reached consummation either in terms of meaning or formats, a state of perfection for all forms of artistic creation.