Appreciation of He's Singing Willow

Jasper dressed as a tree, hanging down ten thousand green silk tapestries. I don't know who cut the thin leaves, but the spring breeze in February is like scissors. The first sentence, "Jasper is as high as a tree", uses a metaphor to describe the richness of willow trees. A green willow stands high there, as if decorated with jasper. Jasper's metaphor shows the freshness and tenderness of willow, and the thin leaves seem to have the luster of jade. Jasper is also the name of Princess Runan in the Southern Song Dynasty. Yuefu songs include "Jasper Song", which contains the phrase "Jasper is a little girl". Later generations used "small jasper" to refer to a beautiful young woman from a small family. "Jasper is as tall as a tree." In the poet's imagination, he may think that graceful willow tree is like a jasper standing in the dressing room. The second sentence is "ten thousand strands of green silk tapestry hang down" and "silk tapestry" is a ribbon. The last sentence is about the general impression of willow, and this sentence is about the details of willow. Dense, soft and drooping willow branches can best represent the characteristics of willow. The poet used "green silk brocade" to describe the willow branches, and presented them to the readers very vividly with clever pens. The third and fourth sentences: "I don't know who cut the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors." Then describe the tender leaves of willow. The poet asked: Who cut the thin Liu Yeer? Oh, the spring breeze in February is like scissors. This jasper tree, thousands of tapestries and countless thin leaves are all her masterpieces! This poem is very short, with only four sentences and 28 words. There are many points worthy of attention in art. First of all, it is a poem about things. You can see from the title of "Singing Willow" that it is about singing willow. This poem is really written by Liu everywhere. But I think the poet sings more than just willows. He sang about the spring breeze and the arrival of spring through the willows. People often know the arrival of spring from the changes in nature. The thawing of water and the northward flight of swallows are all signals that spring will return to the earth. Don't forget, willow is also the messenger of spring. A folk proverb says, "Look at the willows across the river in May and June." As early as May 9 and June 9, the willow buds in the distance had a faint new green color. He sang the arrival of spring by depicting the new makeup of willow trees, which can resonate with readers. Chanting willow is not limited to willow, but using willow to sing spring, which is higher than ordinary poems about objects. Secondly, this poem is novel in conception and clever in metaphor, and the image of the poem seems to stand out from the paper. Especially in the last two sentences, scissors are used to compare the spring breeze. She cut off thin leaves and silk tapestries to make green trees. Wherever she blows, she carries her vitality. She cut through the harsh winter and cut out a colorful world. Her lightness, her sharpness and the joy of creation that followed-all kinds of beautiful imaginations can be generated from these two poems. Good poetry is full of enlightenment, far-reaching significance and far-reaching influence. They can arouse readers' association through one or two vivid images and inspire readers to form countless vivid pictures in their own minds. This poem is like this, it writes the whole spring through a willow tree; Praise all creative work through the spring breeze like scissors. Such a novel idea and such a fresh artistic realm are rare even in Tang poetry. Third, this poem has only four sentences, but it is full of changes in levels. The first sentence, "Jasper is as high as a tree", first wrote a general impression and set the tone for the whole poem. The second sentence, "A tapestry of thousands of strands of moss hangs down", describes willow branches in detail separately. The third and fourth sentences, "I don't know who cut the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors", and then write willow leaves further. Focus on the overall situation first, and write more carefully, just like painting. Draw the outline first, and then add branches and leaves to supplement the details. The first two sentences and the last two sentences of this poem are also written differently. The first two sentences are descriptions: green trees are like jade, willow branches are like silk, how green trees rise, and how willow branches hang down. The last two sentences are about willow leaves. If you still use this way to say how thin and tender the willow leaves are, as if they had just been cut out, it would be dull. In the last two sentences, the poet changed his writing style. He didn't describe the thin leaf, nor did he make any metaphor. He just guessed who cut the beautiful thin leaves. The focus of the description quietly shifted to the spring breeze with thin leaves cut off. This goes beyond the artistic realm of the first two sentences, opens up a new artistic realm and makes readers feel refreshed.