Verses that use metaphors and rhetoric in ancient poetry
(1) "Suddenly, as if a spring breeze came overnight, thousands of pear trees bloomed."
This sentence "White snow" is compared to "pear blossom".
(2) The old man is brave and ambitious. In his old age, the martyr is full of ambition.
--"The Turtle Lives Longevity" Cao Cao
(3) Asking you how much sorrow you can have is like a river of spring water flowing eastward.
--"Yu Meiren" Li Yu
(4) How much leisure and sorrow are there, a Sichuan tobacco, the city is filled with wind and catkins, and the plums are yellow and rainy.
--"The Sapphire Case" by He Zhu
(5) The sand in the desert is like snow, and the moon in Yanshan Mountain is like a hook.
--"Horse Poems" Li He
(6) I don’t know who cuts the thin leaves, the spring breeze in February is like scissors.
(Source: He Zhizhang's "Ode to the Willows")
(7) The flowers on the Sun River are as red as fire, and the river is as green as blue in spring.
-- "Recalling the South of the Yangtze River" by Bai Juyi
(8) The stream flew down three thousand feet, suspected to be the Milky Way falling from the sky
(9) The swallow grass is as green as the sky Silk, low green branches of Qin mulberry
(10) What does the white snow look like? The difference in the air can be simulated by spreading salt, but it is not like catkins blown up by the wind. It's as big as a goose feather and as dense as jade chips.
-----Xie Daoyun of Jin Dynasty's "Snow Ode Couplet"
(11) It's a pitiful night on the third day of September, the dew is like pearls and the moon is like a bow.
(12) The sky is like a dome, covering the four fields. The sky is blue, the fields are vast, and the grass is blown by the wind, and cattle and sheep can be seen low.
(13) The setting moon hangs on the willow and looks at the hanging spider - "Rising at Night in the Boat"
(14) People come like autumn and have letters, and things are like spring dreams that have disappeared. Traces - "On the 20th of the first lunar month, I went out to the suburbs with Pan and Guo Ersheng to find spring. I suddenly remembered that I went to the Queen's City to compose poems on the same day last year, which is the same as the previous rhyme."
Note: The ontology includes "人" and "人" The metaphors for "things" are "Qiuhong" and "Spring Dream", and the metaphorical words are "like" and "ru". The use of metaphors in the poem creates a clear sense of beauty.
(15) The thorns have not yet been harvested, and the shadows are fighting for their harmony - "Growing Tea"
Note: The former is a metaphor for the "fairy in white" who lives safely in the high hall when heavy rain causes disasters. , When the people are in dire straits, the imperial officials who do not understand the sentiments of the people and blindly live a life of dissipation and extravagance are deeply ironic. The latter uses tea trapped in thorns and bushes as a metaphor for the poet himself being tolerated by the treacherous villain, which has far-reaching implications. Both have subtle beauty. ?
(16) Just like a rabbit fleeing and an eagle descending, a horse bets on a thousand-foot slope. The broken string and the arrow were released from the pillar, and the flying lightning passed through the gap and the bead turned over the load. -- "Two Poems of Bai Bu Hong" (Part 1)
Note: Seven consecutive words: rabbit walking, eagle falling, horse going downhill, string breaking and leaving the pillar, arrow falling out of hand, flying lightning passing through the gap and dewdrop turning over the load. A metaphor is used to describe the speed of a boat in the rapids.
(17) The noise of thousands of people frightened Wu Nong, just like an old boy in Fujiang. -- "Watching the Five Wonders of the Tide on August 15th"
Note: Jin Wangjun's navy came with thousands of people clamoring to float on the river, which is a metaphor for the majestic momentum of the Qiantang River tide;
(18) If you want to compare the West Lake to the West, light makeup and heavy makeup are always suitable - "Two Songs of Drinking on the Lake at First Sunny and Later Rain" (Part 2)
(19) West Lake is truly the West, with smoke trees lighting up the eyebrows -- "Ci Yun Liu Jingwen Deng Jie Pavilion"
(20) Although the West Lake is small, it is also west--"Yun Delin opens the new West Lake again"
Note: Yue Kingdom in the late Spring and Autumn Period Beauty Xi Shi is a metaphor for the naturally charming and beautiful Hangzhou West Lake and Yingzhou West Lake respectively, which are very charming.