hierarchy configuration
This poem has three overlapping chapters, and each chapter can be divided into four levels:
The first two sentences show a picture of the autumn river: in the early morning of late autumn, autumn water is dense, reeds are green, dewdrops are bright and crystal clear as frost. This state is slightly sad in emptiness and loneliness, so it plays a good role in rendering the atmosphere and setting off the artistic conception of the persistent pursuit and elusive love expressed in the poem.
Three or four sentences tell the central image of the poem: the lyric hero strolls by the river and stares at the "Iraqi people" on the other side of the river. This "Iraqi" is the one he misses day and night. "Being on the water side" is isolated from the world, which means to pursue difficulties and produce an unattainable realm. Although the lyric hero is eager to see through the autumn water and pursue it persistently, "Iraqis" are full of fog. This is hard to see, so there are helpless emotions and empty and melancholy feelings in the poem.
The following four sentences are two levels of juxtaposition, describing two different scenes on the water side. "Going back to the shore, the road is long, but it's Xiu Yuan" is a description of the dilemma when chasing against the current: endless difficulties and obstacles, endless journey, and inaccessible signposts. "Swim downstream in the middle of the water" is the illusion of tracing downstream: the journey is smooth everywhere, the Iraqis are always there, but in the end they can't get close. There are both upstream and downstream, and the significance of pursuing and persisting can be seen; Either the dilemma is difficult to reach, or the illusion is difficult to approach. After all, it is impossible, and the deeper the feelings of fear. At this point, the situation that Iraqis never dreamed of has been concretely and fully demonstrated.
There are three chapters in the whole poem, and only a few words are changed in each chapter, which not only plays the artistic effect of repeating chapters and sentences, chanting repeatedly, singing three times and sighing three times, but also plays the role of constantly promoting poetry. From "The White Dew is Frost" to "The White Dew is Not Wet" and then to "The White Dew is Not Already", this is the passage of time, symbolizing the long-term gaze and pursuit of the lyric hero; From "on the water side" to "on the water side", then to "on the water side", from "in the middle of the water", to "on the water side" and then to "on the water side", this is a change of location and symbolizes the elusive Iraqi people. From "the road is blocked and long" to "the road is blocked and broken" and then to "the road is blocked and right", it is the repeated rendering of the difficulties in the pursuit process that highlights the indomitable spirit of the lyric hero. Repeating chapter by chapter and advancing layer by layer is a common form of folk songs in The Book of Songs. The poem also skillfully uses words such as "gray" and "sadness" to make the whole text have both sound and emotion.
Artistic feature
Jianjia is one of the best chapters in The Book of Songs. Its main features are embodied in three closely related aspects: the fuzziness of facts, the emptiness of images and the symbolism of the whole.