Original poem:
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.
Translation:
Tall willows are covered with new green leaves, and drooping willows are fluttering gently like thousands of green ribbons. I wonder who cut this thin willow leaf. This is the spring breeze in February. Like a magic pair of scissors.
Appreciation of Liu Yong
In this poem "Chanting Willow", the poet carefully observed and skillfully associated, chose the most familiar things in life for comparison, described the beautiful image of willow in February in early spring, and expressed the poet's joy in praising spring. In the four poems, why did you use three metaphors? They are all appropriate and novel.
Judging from the sentence "Jasper dressed as a tall tree", the green of willow in early spring is compared to Jasper, and the tall willow dressed as a jasper tree is as graceful as a beauty with makeup. In the second sentence, "ten thousand tapestries of green silk hanging down", ten thousand tapestries are woven from willow branches swaying in the spring breeze. Compared with green silk, the graceful and restrained willow branches hanging down are further written by simple metaphor.
In the third sentence, "I don't know who cut the thin leaves", the poet turned to a sharp and interesting question, which paved the way for the wonderful ending. The last sentence "Spring breeze in February is like scissors" is the crowning touch of the whole poem, and it is also the most novel and absurd metaphor in this poem.
Spring breeze in February, the weather is warm, everything is revived, and willow trees spit out green leaves, which are full of business. Overnight, they were dotted with willow twigs. Who cut this carefully? It's "Spring Breeze in February". The question and answer are surprising, which not only makes the willow interesting, but also adds a lot of color to the whole poem.