The beginning of Li Qingzhao's "The Slow Voice" uses seven sets of repeated words, "Looking and searching, deserted, miserable and miserable", which has always been appreciated by people. Xu Yi's "Ci Yuan Cong Tan": "The first sentence contains fourteen overlapping characters, which is really like big and small beads falling on a jade plate." King Shao of Liang called it "a surprise victory, which is really incredible."
What is the beauty of these seven sets of repeated words? First of all, the content appropriately expresses the poet's mental state after suffering misfortune. "Looking for and searching" focuses on actions, uneasiness, and feeling lost; "deserted and clear" focuses on feelings, loneliness and isolation; "miserable and miserable" focuses on mood, which is miserable and desolate, and miserable all day long.
It can be seen that overlapping words have unique charm in poetry creation, and its special functions are mainly reflected in the following aspects.
Some verses are more artistically charming due to their exquisite use of overlapping words, winning praise from people and becoming famous throughout the ages. For example, Du Fu's "Many branches are easy to fall one after another, and the tender stamens bloom carefully after discussion" ("Seven Quatrains Alone by the River Looking for Flowers"), using "many" and "thinly" to express one's cherishment and love for flowers. , the words seem to be crazy, but the feelings are sincere. Another example is Wei Yingwu's "Momo sails come with heavy weight, and dark birds depart late" ("Fu De Mu Yu Sends Li Zhou off"), the two sets of overlapping words make the artistic conception of the poem deeper. "Houhu Collection" said that every time I read this sentence, "I feel confused and sigh," and I hope that the sentence "Picture of Suzhou" (Wei Yingwu) will be on the wall, so that I can be silent and wander around in the eight extremes.
There are many examples of using overlapping words to imitate colors. For example, Bai Juyi's "A ray of setting sun spreads over the water, half of the river is rustling and half of the river is red" ("Yin of the Dusk River"), using "sese" to describe the color of the river water like jasper.
The third is musicality. Overlapping words can make the poem's rhythm harmonious, making it catchy when read and pleasant to listen to. For example, Li Bai's "Ten of Seventeen Songs of Qiupu": "Thousands of heather trees, tens of thousands of privet forests. The mountains are full of egrets, and the white apes sing in the streams. Don't go to Qiupu, the sound of the apes will break the hearts of the guests." The first four sentences of the poem are each led by overlapping words, with a lively rhythm and full of musical beauty.
There are also overlapping words used to describe music. For example, in Bai Juyi's "Pipa Play", "The big strings are noisy like heavy rain, and the small strings are like whispers", and in "Wuxian Tan", "The first and second strings are roped, and the autumn wind is blowing loose and rhyme. The third string is like a whisper." The four strings are mellow, the night crane remembers the sound of the child in the cage, etc. These repeated words express the strength, speed, and severity of the music in a very concrete and perceptible way. The above is for reference.