本文从中国新诗的诞生与八十多年来几次大的转变中 ,勘察现代汉语艺术建构的境遇。文章认为 ,新诗发展的成果 ,主要表现在现代隐喻结构的形成———诗意语言对灵魂和生命的家园的抵达 ;而对新诗体形式的一再误读 ,则酿成了世纪的缺憾。新诗的现代汉语言艺术的成熟 ,必将由新世纪诗人去实践和收获 This article surveys the situation of the construction of modern Chinese art from the birth of Chinese new poetry and several major changes over the past 80 years. The article argues that the achievements of the development of new poetry mainly appear in the formation of modern metaphorical structure --- the arrival of the poetic language to the soul and the home of life; and the repeated misreading of the new poetic form has led to the shortcomings of the century. The maturity of the modern Chinese language art of the new poetry will surely be practiced and harvested by the poets in the new century