Seeing is a five-character quatrain written by Yuan Mei, a poet in Qing Dynasty. This poem depicts the innocent and happy picture of the shepherd boy in the forest and expresses the author's love for the pastoral scenery. The original poem is as follows:
Cowboys ride on the backs of oxen, and songs echo in the forest.
Suddenly want to catch the song of the tree, immediately stop singing and stand by the tree silently.
In the vernacular, it is: the children herding cattle ride on the backs of cattle, and the loud songs echo in the forest. Suddenly, I wanted to catch the cicada in singing in the trees, so I stopped singing and stood quietly by the tree.
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Creative background: The poet saw a shepherd boy singing on the road riding a cow, and suddenly heard cicadas singing, so he stopped singing and jumped off the cow's back to catch cicadas. The author happened to see a little thing, which aroused the poet's poetic interest and wrote this poem "What I See".
The first sentence of this poem is plain and without trace. The tone of the second sentence suddenly rose, and the melody suddenly accelerated, forming a climax. One or two sentences describe the innocent, lively, carefree, lovely appearance and happy mood of the little shepherd boy. The word "riding" directly describes the shepherd boy's posture, and the word "vibration" indirectly points out his mood.
Through the verbs "ride" and "shake", the shepherd boy's carefree mood is brought out. He was almost completely intoxicated with the beauty of nature and hardly knew that there was a word "sadness" in the world. It is because of the joy in my heart that I can't help singing loudly and even stop the cloud "zhenlin".
Continue to describe the expression in three or four sentences. The third sentence is transition, which is posturing. Writing about the psychological activities of the shepherd boy explains his "silence" and is also the turning point of the whole poem. The fourth sentence, plummeting, such as thousands of feet hanging waterfall falling into a deep pool, came to an abrupt end. The word "suddenly" vividly shows the shepherd boy's surprised and alert character when he finds cicadas singing in the tree.
"Suddenly" has changed: from loud to quiet, from walking to stopping, the expression of the little shepherd boy's eyes closed to pay attention to cicadas is full of charm. The verbs "approach" and "stand" vividly describe the innocent expression and childlike wit of a shepherd boy. The whole poem uses pure line drawing techniques, firmly grasps the performance of the little shepherd boy in an instant, vividly writes the clever characteristics of the little shepherd boy, and makes people feel the innocence and cuteness of the little shepherd boy.
This is a poem that reflects children's life. In his poem, the poet praised the little shepherd boy's life picture full of childlike interest. The poet first wrote about the dynamics of the little shepherd boy, and Gao sitting bull's style of singing loudly on his back was so loose and presumptuous; After writing the little shepherd boy's static state, he held his breath and stared at the cicada's expression with special concentration.
"There are more silent complaints than talking". This change from dynamic to static is written suddenly and naturally, vividly depicting the image of the little shepherd boy who is naive, good at listening and troubled. It is in this ups and downs that this poem has achieved great artistic effect. The language of poetry is as clear, plain and natural as words. As for the next step, how the little shepherd boy catches cicadas or not, the poet hasn't written it yet, leaving it to readers to experience, daydream and think.
By describing the natural environment and social life, this poem directly expresses the feelings of life, which seems carefree, but in fact it entrusts with feelings. At the same time, this poem is lively and free and easy, with simple language and natural and vivid image. Throughout the poem, it depicts the peaceful, quiet and picturesque pastoral scenery, depicts the lively, free and naive image of a shepherd boy, and shows the poet's "true temperament".