The Artistic Style of Bai Juyi's Poems

His satirical poems mainly include two aspects: first, they widely reflect the sufferings of the people. Among them, there are works that sympathize with farmers, such as Du Lingcuo; There are also sad songs, such as "White Haired Man" and "Harem Ci", which lament the fate of women. Second, profoundly expose the evils of rulers, such as "selling charcoal" and "red carpet". Song of Eternal Sorrow is one of Bai Juyi's representative works and one of the most famous narrative poems in the history of China literature. The first half of this poem satirizes Tang's dissoluteness and ruthlessness, and the second half writes Tang's profound lovesickness with sympathetic strokes. In this way, the theme of poetry changed from criticizing to praising the loyal and single-minded love between Tang and Yang Guifei. However, there is still irony in praise and sympathy. This is a long poem with double themes, and it has made great artistic achievements, especially in the second half, which greatly enhances the expressive force of the white poem by using romantic fantasy. Vivid characters, beautiful language and intonation, lyrical scenery and narration are also the artistic characteristics of Song of Eternal Sorrow.

Pipa Travel is a famous work in China cultural circle. Although this poem has a strong sentimental meaning, it is more realistic than Song of Eternal Sorrow. On the one hand, the poet expressed sympathy for the tragic fate of the pipa girl "fewer cars and horses in front of the door, and finally married a businessman", and also expressed his disappointment and resentment at being demoted. The poem "We are all unhappy-at the end of the day, we meet. We understand. What is the relationship between acquaintances? " The Story of Pipa, which has been circulated for thousands of years, closely links the fate of Pipa girls with their own life experiences. This poem has distinct narrative levels, detailed and vivid description, novel and implicit metaphor (such as the description of pipa sound), which has been praised by scholars in past dynasties. It can be seen that the language of the poem has indeed reached a perfect realm.

Theme and theme concentration are one of the artistic features of Bai Juyi's satirical poems. He usually only chooses the most typical things, highlights a theme, and the theme is clear. Secondly, the artistic features of Bai poetry are also reflected in the portrayal of characters. He can grasp the characteristics of the characters and draw the characters vividly by line drawing. For example, when portraying a charcoal seller, he only used the phrase "his face is dusty and smoky, his temples are gray and his fingers are black", and a vivid image of an old charcoal seller in Cang Sang will pop up. Bai Juyi's satirical poems are mostly narrative poems. When he narrates, he often comments on what he said to show his ambition. The combination of narration and argument is another feature of Bai Juyi's satirical poems. Bai Juyi's popular language is closely related to his simple, clear and popular poetic style. White poetry uses simple words, rarely uses allusions and ancient Austrian words, and especially likes to refine folk spoken words and sayings into poems. However, the poetry of Baishi's poems is not simple. He often uses simple sentences to express satire and achieve amazing artistic effects. The poem "Light Fat" describes the spirit of the ministers, doctors and generals attending the meeting, as well as the richness of wine and food on the table, but ends with the following sentence: "There is a drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and people in Quzhou eat people." What a tragic scene this is!