思乡怀古是中国文学作品中常写不衰的永恒主题。余光中多年来写了许多以乡愁为主题的诗篇,《乡愁》就是其中情深意长、音调动人的一曲。诗人在大千世界之中,精炼地提取了四个单纯的意象:邮票、船票、坟墓、海峡。这四个意象是四幅鲜明而又具体的生活画面,它描绘了:幼年求学,母子分离,借书信以慰别情;成年后,告别妻子,离乡背井,用船票来结相思;中年时,生离死别,母子天人永隔,在坟前抛洒热泪;而现在,国家不能统一,同胞难以相聚,隔海峡遥寄愁情的场景。这些画面在我们的脑海中幻化成一部传统的连续剧,主角就是平凡的你我他。是的, Hometown nostalgia is an eternal theme often written in Chinese literary works. Yu Guangzhong has written many poems on nostalgia for many years. “Homesickness” is a song whose affection is profound and whose tone is moving. Among the vast world, the poet refinedly extracted four simple images: stamps, tickets, graves, straits. These four images are four vivid and concrete pictures of life. They depict: studying at an early age, separation of mother and child, lending letters to comfort one’s love; adult, bid farewell to his wife, , Life and death do not, mother and child heaven and earth forever, shed tears at the grave; and now, the country can not be unified, compatriots difficult to get together, across the Strait telepathic melancholy scenes. These images in our mind turned into a traditional series, the protagonist is you and me. Yes,