王铎在崇祯和弘光两朝,以一颗忧国忧民、救时匡国之心创作了许多具有“诗史”精神和“诗史”意义的诗歌。这些诗歌或记述重大历史事件,或忧虑国家的前途和命运,或痛惜人民的灾难和困苦,或对农民军和明军进行双重抨击,或对当朝政治和误国臣子表示极度不满,真实展现了明清鼎革之际风云激荡的政治局势、民生凋敝的社会状况和不堪回望的破碎山河。
Wang Duo created a lot of poems which had " Poetry History" spirit and meaning with his heart about concerning for the country and people in Chongzhen and Hongguang dynasty. These poems written major historical events, or anxieties about the future and destiny, or deplore the disaster and hardship of the people, or the peasant army and the Ming army carried out a double attack, or to harm the country and the political dynasty courtiers expressed extreme dissatisfaction. These poems show the real political situation in the Ming Ding leather turbulent occasion, destitution and unbearable social conditions look back broken mountains and rivers.