Xiang Yang adopted "The Lament" as a model, and chose to write 10-line poems. It was a strict form, reminiscent of classical Chinese poetry, but he infused it with the earthy language of contemporary Taiwanese. He thus created a "Taiwanese poetry" that had its own style and special character.
這時《離騷》成為他的典範，決定融合來自傳統文學光照的「十行詩」，與出於現實鄉土潤洗的「台語詩」，建立自己的風格與特色。