His poems are bold and unrestrained, fresh and elegant, rich in imagination, wonderful in artistic conception and light in language, so people call him "Poet Fairy".
Li Bai's poems and songs not only have typical romantic spirit, but also have typical romantic artistic characteristics from image shaping, material intake, genre selection and the use of various artistic techniques.
This ancient poem, for example, is full of artistic conception and heroic spirit. Look at it:
Looking at Tianmen Mountain
In the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai
Tianmen interrupted the opening of the Chu River, and clear water flowed eastward.
the green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite each other, and the lonely sails are coming from the sun.
This poem was written by Li Baichu in the 13th year of Kaiyuan (725) when he first met Tianmen Mountain on the way from Bashu to Jiangdong via Dangtu (now Anhui). This poem describes clear water and green mountains, white sails and red sun, which are reflected in a colorful picture.
But this picture is not static, but flowing. With the poet sailing, the mountains break the river, the east water flows back, the green hills meet each other, and the solitary sails come in the day, and the scenery unfolds from far and near to far. Six verbs are used in the poem, "Break, open, flow, return, come", and the landscape presents an eager dynamic, depicting the grandeur and vastness of Tianmen Mountain. One or two sentences describe the majestic, steep and unstoppable momentum of Tianmen Mountain, giving people a thrilling feeling; Three or four sentences are enough to write about the vast water potential.
The first sentence is closely related to the topic, and always writes about Tianmen Mountain, focusing on the magnificent momentum of the rushing eastward Chu River. It gives people rich associations: Tianmen Mountain and Tianmen Mountain were originally a whole, blocking the turbulent river. Due to the impact of the raging waves of the Chu River, the "Tianmen" was knocked open, which interrupted it and became two mountains. The third sentence inherits the majestic posture of Tianmen and two mountains seen in the first sentence; The fourth sentence carries forward the previous second sentence to write the vision of the Yangtze River, awaken the foothold of "hope" and express the poet's dripping joy. The poet is not standing somewhere on the shore overlooking Tianmen Mountain, but the foothold of his "looking" is a "lonely sail" coming from the Japanese side.
Most people who read this poem appreciate the word "Chu", because it brings dynamic beauty to the originally motionless mountain, but seldom consider why the poet feels "Chu". If you stand on a fixed foothold on the shore, "looking at Tianmen Mountain", it will probably only produce a static feeling of "green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite". On the contrary, the feeling of "the green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite" is very prominent when the boat sails on the river and goes down the river, looking at the Tianmen and the two mountains in the distance and jumping into the eye, showing more and more clear posture.
the word "Chu" not only vividly shows the unique posture of "looking at Tianmen Mountain" during the boat trip, but also contains the fresh and joyful feeling of the people in the boat. Tianmen Mountain, where Jiajiang is facing each other, seems to be coming towards itself, indicating its welcome to visitors from the river. Since Qingshan is so affectionate to distant guests, they should be more cheerful. "The solitary sail is coming from the sun" vividly depicts the scene of the solitary sail riding the wind and waves and getting closer and closer to Tianmen Mountain, and the poet's delight in seeing the famous mountains and scenery. Because the last sentence is full of the poet's passion in the narrative, this poem highlights the poet's heroic, unrestrained, free and unrestrained self-image while depicting the magnificent scenery of Tianmen Mountain.
This poem has broad artistic conception, heroic spirit, harmonious and fluent syllables, vivid language and vivid picture colors. Although there are only four short sentences and twenty-eight words, the artistic conception it constitutes is beautiful and magnificent, and people feel as if they are in it after reading the poem. The poet leads the reader's vision along the misty Yangtze River to an infinitely wide world, which makes people feel open-minded and broaden their horizons. From the poem, we can see the poet Li Bai's uninhibited spirit and his broad mind that he doesn't want to confine himself to Xiaotian.