Poetry occupies an important position in Wang Zengqi's artistic life;as narrated in his autobiogra-phy,his literary creation began with poetry.Many styles coexisted in his new poetry creation in the 1940s,for be-sides the modernist style which claimed to be"a bit hazy"and much influenced by symbolism,there was also a plain and popular realism style,as well as a romantic style that emphasized emotions.These poems have integrated Wang Zengqi's individualized and private life experiences,and showed his poetic sentiments and talent overshad-owed by his fame in novels and prose.At the same time,the youth creation with experimental characteristics has also laid a foundation for his maturity.In addition,for Wang Zengqi,poetry not only signifies the starting point of literary career,but above all the starting point of feeling and thinking,for he has not only regarded poetic beauty as his lifelong pursuit,but also integrated the concpets and skills of poetry into novel creation,thus having endowed the novel with the traits of"inclination tworads poetry"and actively promoted the diversified development of novel styles.
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