Li Sao is a romantic lyric poem with practical significance. In poetry, the poet uses a lot of exaggerated and romantic expressions, whether it is the portrayal of the hero image or the description of some things. The full use of myths and legends has spread colorful fantasy wings and strengthened the charm of Li Sao. In Li Sao, Bi Xing is widely used. For example, he used vanilla as a metaphor for the poet's noble quality, the relationship between men and women as a metaphor for the relationship between monarch and minister, and driving horses as a metaphor for governing the country.
The form of Li Sao originated from the oral creation of Chu people, and the poet turned it into a novel, which contained rich contents. Its language is refined, absorbing many dialects of Chu language, and its sentences are quite distinctive. The Songs of Chu is a collection of poems by Qu Yuan and Song Yu in the Warring States Period, which was compiled by Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty and written by Wang Yi in the Eastern Han Dynasty. These poems use the poetic style and dialect rhyme of Chu State to describe the local customs of Chu State, which has a strong local color, hence the name "Chu Ci".