Since "The Book of Songs" sang "I am gone in the past, and the willows are still there", willows and poetry have forged an indissoluble bond. Li Shangyin, a poet of the Xikun School alone, wrote more than ten This is a poem with the title of willow. In general, the willow is lovely, in its graceful state, it is like a young girl; in its state of dependence, it touches the feeling of separation; the catkins are like snow, dancing lightly. This poem about willow is also derived from this, But it is about palace willows, and it expresses the emotion that beauties grow old quickly and beauties grow old.
Since the title of the poem is "Catkins", the verses closely follow the title. The first couplet "Half-reduced Yiyi" " has set a gloomy tone for the whole poem, which directly brings out the "thousands of emptiness" in the last couplet. In ancient times, there was a custom of breaking willows as gifts, but when "the willows are broken and the flowers are gone", it can only Adding to the helpless sadness. The catkins fly away and are far away from people, just like flying canopies in the autumn wind. They are helpless and can be anything. In ancient times, catkins and snow were often used as metaphors for each other. Li Shangyin's poem "Gift to Willow" has the following line: "Forbearance blooms like snow" In the poem "Catkins" by Yang Yi, it goes: "The flowers and snow in Luocheng flutter away from the bottle." Qian Wei's "Catkins" says: "In March, the flowers in the south of the Yangtze River are getting thinner, and the snow is falling in the desert in spring." The last couplet is where the poetic eye lies. , a sudden question leads to the theme. On the surface, it talks about willows, but in fact, it writes about people, expressing the author's heavy lamentation of wasted youth and beauty.
The language of this poem is ordinary, but the idea is somewhat sublime. .