In a foreign land, he always felt that he was a rootless stranger, therefore, in reality, he belittled himself and restrained his emotions.

• 在异域，李金发时时感到自己是一个无根的异乡人，从而在现实中自贬身份、自抑情感，在诗学策略上，则以沉郁为情感底色，幷撷取大量“丑恶”的意象来表现。