You don't need to deliberately find the same topic as ***, you just need to show your "mentally retarded" side and let him have a full sense of accomplishment. Of course, if you are good at "reading comprehension", your girlfriend's dad will give you a lot of extra points.
Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer people who can write poetry. Five-character poems and seven-character poems have disappeared from the world for a long time. Even limericks have become a weapon to dominate the Internet. Li Bai and Du Fu From time to time, I want to lift off the coffin lid and shout, "I didn't write this poem!"...
So when you meet an elder who likes to write poems, you can just say, "That's awesome." !” It doesn’t matter if you have an exaggerated expression, as long as you can show your surprise and appreciation for your elders’ ability to write poems.
Literature people think of themselves as noble, but they also need someone to appreciate them. As a younger generation, expressing your preference for yourself in this way is definitely not a bad person. Don't tell me, there are really many elders who do this... Your girlfriend's father is probably also this type of person...
But it's useless if you only know how to flatter someone. You also have to learn to understand what kind of poem he wrote, what images it contains, and what kind of emotions it expresses. Otherwise, the scene would be really embarrassing if the flattery ends up on the horse's leg.
At the very least, you need to know the basic common sense of ancient poetry, what is rhyme, what is rhythm, what are the basic impressions of ancient poetry, and what are the rhetorical techniques? Of course, we have already been exposed to these things when we were learning Chinese in the early days. It is not difficult to pick up this knowledge.
Find a book about Tang poetry and Song poetry and take a look. You and your "future father-in-law" will have more topics to talk about...
You You can comment on his works based on the poems he wrote. Maybe you don't know much, but as long as you know enough about the images, you can roughly guess which images are mentioned in his works, and then analyze what his emotions are.
Under normal circumstances, the chance of making an error will be smaller. In this way, what you say will be more to the point, and he will sound like you appreciate it instead of deliberately trying to flatter him.
This is what I call reading comprehension. If you can roughly understand his poems, you can already guess what he is thinking in his heart. What kind of emotions are contained in the poem. At this time, you can express your empathy, or talk about similar experiences of yourself or a famous poet, to gain his approval.
That's it.
Of course, if he particularly likes a certain poet, you can also communicate with him after studying his works. In this case, the conversation will be more profound and the impression will be better.
This is not a routine, this is Aiwujiwu. If it wasn't your girlfriend's family, you wouldn't try to please him, would you?