He Zhizhang/Tang dynasty
this is a sentimental poem that remembers the hometown after a long time in a foreign land. It was written when I first arrived, expressing the feelings of long-time guests hurting the old.
At the beginning of the poem, "When a young boy leaves home, he will go back to his old age", and get straight to the point, pointing out that there is a long time and a long time between leaving home and returning home, which already contains deep feelings. This feeling is clearly described in the second poem on the same topic: "I have been away from my hometown for many years, and my personnel have been half exhausted recently." Only the mirror lake in front of the door, the spring breeze does not change the old waves. " The mountains and rivers are still the same, and the personnel are killing, which makes a sharp contrast between the eternity of nature and the changefulness of life. Here is the explicit writing, which is implicit in "leaving home when the young are young". Different expressions have different artistic effects.
the second sentence, "the local accent has not changed, and the hair on the temples has declined", is also a comparison method, but it is not a comparison between nature and life, but a comparison between language and hair on the temples. Language habits, once formed, are hard to change despite years of tempering; Beautiful youth can't last forever, and a child's face and black hair can decay in an instant. "The local accent has not changed" is not only a brand that can never be erased from the poet's hometown, but also a medium for the poet to get close to the children in his hometown, so it is precious. "The decline of hair on the temples" is the inevitable result of official travel after leaving home for decades. Fortunately, the leaves have returned to the roots, and in the twilight years when white hair is floating, I finally returned to my hometown where I miss it so much, so I feel lucky. The poet's feelings at this time are mixed, with mixed feelings and excitement.
Three or four sentences have changed from a self-portrait full of emotion to a dramatic scene of children laughing and asking questions. "Laugh and ask where the guest comes from", in children, this is just a faint question, and the words stop; In the poet, it became a heavy blow, which led to his infinite feelings. His old age and sorrow of opposing the Lord and the guest were all included in this seemingly dull question. This is where the whole poem ends quietly, but the implication is like an empty valley, full of sadness and endless.
as far as the whole poem is concerned, one or two sentences are still mediocre, but three or four sentences are like twists and turns, and there is no other realm. The beauty of the last two sentences lies in the powder on the back, which has no trace: although mourning is written, it is expressed by happy scenes; Although I wrote about myself, I turned it out from the children's side. The scene of children's questioning is full of interest in life. Even if the reader is not infected by the poet's feelings of hurting the elderly for a long time, he can't help but be moved by this interesting life scene.
This poem uses three kinds of contrasts: through the contrast between the young and the old, it highlights the long time away from home; Through the contrast between the difficult change of local accent and the easy decline of sideburns, the rapid change of personnel is highlighted; Through the contrast between the white-haired old man and the naive child, the poet's joy of returning home and the feeling of vicissitudes of life are euphemistically and implicitly expressed, and these two different feelings are combined in a harmonious way. The whole poem adopts the technique of line drawing, which contains a sincere and profound feeling in the natural and simple language. Reading is like drinking alcohol mash, the entrance is very light, and the stamina is endless.
Attached to the original text
When young people leave home, old people return, and the local accent has not changed.
When children meet strangers, they smile and ask where the guests come from.