Bai Juyi
In a piece of autumn grass that was grayed by frost, insects were whispering, and everyone around the mountain village disappeared.
I went to the front door alone and looked out at the field. I saw the bright moonlight shining on the endless buckwheat field, and the buckwheat flowers were like a dazzling snowflake.
This poem is about a poet who lives in the countryside. He is sad and sleepless because of the death of his beloved mother, facing autumn scenery in the countryside. The whole poem is unpretentious, quiet and elegant, just like a breeze blowing through your face, full of poetry.
The poet sketched a picture of autumn night in the countryside: the frosted weeds were gray, and there was a faint cry of autumn insects in the grass. The night is deep, people have fallen asleep, and there are no traces of pedestrians on the country roads in the south and north of the village. The poet stepped out of the front door alone and looked at the vast fields. He saw the white buckwheat flowers, like a bright white snow in the bright moonlight.
This poem is unique in the choice and combination of images. The poet did not give a panoramic description of the bleak autumn night to highlight his sadness, as the poet said: "Articles are written in time, and songs and poems are written for things." The poet grasped the characteristics of country night in late autumn, captured the scenery of "frost grass, autumn insects, pedestrians, Noda, bright moon and wheat flowers", and expressed his "infinite meaning" in fluent and popular language with "endless words".
The language use of this poem is also quite distinctive. The first sentence uses two overlapping words to write the "ash" of frost grass, which makes its realm more open and magnificent; Writing the "seriousness" of insects more vividly depicts the cry of autumn insects. This poem is also unique in structure. The first sentence is about grass and insects. The second sentence is about people, and the two sentences are closely related. It is precisely because of the cold night in late autumn that pedestrians disappeared late at night, and because pedestrians disappeared, everyone was silent and autumn insects were whispering. The third sentence is the turning point of the two couplets in the poem, from near to far, from village to field, making the whole poem natural.
Scenes are affectionate, scenes blend, scenes are affectionate and scenes are affectionate, which is another feature of this poem. Grey frost grass, bleak and sad; Whispering autumn insects are crying; The pedestrians disappeared and all was silent. Isn't this scene a portrayal of the poet's loneliness and sadness at the moment? However, when the poet stepped out of the front door and looked at the wilderness, he was presented with another scene. Buckwheat blooms under the silver light of the bright moon, which makes people feel fresh and refreshing. Lang lang gan Kun, winter goes and spring comes, and the four seasons alternate. This is the law of nature. When autumn comes and winter comes at this time, can spring be far behind? Autumn night, of course, there are bleak, bleak, but there are also mature, fruitful and more prosperous spring. As the spirit of all things, isn't that right? Birth, illness, death and illness are irresistible, so why indulge in them and tie yourself up? With this in mind, the poet's mood suddenly brightened up. It can be said that there is sadness and loneliness in the poem, but there is no decadence and depression; There are surprises, more hopes, poets' conscious grasp of nature, and more thoughts on the tranquility and peace of life. Therefore, Aisingiorro Hongli in Qing Dynasty praised him as "unpretentious, unpretentious, antique, and close to the ancient in the seven wonders" in Tang and Song poems, which was very pertinent.