"Horse Poems: The Desert is Like Snow" is a five-character quatrain composed by Li He, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. It is the fifth chapter of "Twenty-Three Horse Poems". This poem uses a metaphorical technique to express the lofty ideals, lofty ambitions, and emotions and resentment of the people who did not meet the times through chanting horses. Below I have summarized the poetic meaning and appreciation of the full text of "Horse Poems" for your reference.
The full text of Ma's poem
The sand in the desert is like snow, and the moon in Yanshan Mountain is like a hook.
How can I be a golden person and walk quickly through the autumn. The poetry of horses
The flat sand is thousands of miles away, and it looks like it is covered with a layer of white frost and snow under the moonlight. On the rolling ridges of Yanshan Mountain, a bright moon looms in the sky, like a curved hook. When can I be appreciated by the emperor and put a gold bridle on my horse, so that I can gallop on the autumn battlefield and make meritorious deeds? About the author
Li He (790-816), whose courtesy name was Changji. A native of Changgu Township, Fuchang County, Henan Prefecture (now Yiyang County, Henan Province), his ancestral home is Longxi County. A romantic poet in the mid-Tang Dynasty, he was known as the "Three Li's of the Tang Dynasty" together with the poets Li Bai and Li Shangyin, and was called Li Changgu in later generations.
Born in the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, he was born in the royal family of Prince Dazheng (Li Liang). His official career was not smooth and he was enthusiastic about poetry creation. The work laments the untimely fate and inner depression, expresses the pursuit of ideals and ambitions, and reflects the historical scenes of feudal separatism, eunuch dictatorship and social exploitation. The poems are rich in imagination, quoting myths and legends, and referencing the past to the present. Later generations praised him as the "Poetry Ghost".