Poetry Appreciation: Li Shangyin's "Liu" and Tang Yanqian's "Weeping Willow"

They all use anthropomorphic techniques

Li Shangyin's "Liu" is a seven-character poem in which he sings about willow trees and expresses his inner feelings. The poem is about the willows in autumn, but the poet does not start from the front, but first recalls the scene in spring, and then returns to the willows in front of him. Every sentence is about willow, but there is no word "willow" in the whole article; every sentence is a scene; every sentence is about objects, and every sentence is about people, expressing the lament for the sparse and declining autumn willows. In the poem, the autumn willows that have experienced great changes in prosperity and decline in the past and present are a vivid portrayal of the poet's own life experience. The author uses willows as a metaphor for himself, borrowing the glory of willows in spring and describing the decline of willows in autumn, forming a strong contrast. I sigh that I am successful when I am young, but I am frustrated when I am old.

Tang Yanqian's "Weeping Willow" does not have the delicate appearance of the branches and leaves of the willow, nor the color and luster of the willow. However, the weeping willow is light, dancing, and graceful, but it is lifelike and appears at the end of the hair. . It not only vividly depicts the willow of objective external objects, but also expresses the poet's cynical feelings implicitly. It is a poem about objects with a strong charm.