Wen Yiduo argued in the Metric of Poetry that "the power of poetry includes not only the beauty of music (syllables), the beauty of painting (words), but also the beauty of architecture (symmetry of sections and uniformity of sentences)". This poem fully conforms to his above ideas.
First of all, from the perspective of syllables, this poem has the harmonious beauty of syllables, which is mainly manifested in the rhythm of the poem. The rhythm of this poem is very neat, with four pauses in each line; Every four pauses consist of three "two-character rulers" and one "three-character ruler". This neat pause makes the syllables of this poem very harmonious, just like a four-beat song, which makes its rhythm have a rhythmic musical beauty.
? Secondly, the so-called architectural beauty of poetry is that the lines and stanzas of poetry are arranged evenly. This poem has * * * five sections, each with four sentences and nine words, with symmetrical envoys and even sentences. Every poem is square and uniform, like an angular, rigid and tall building with architectural beauty.
Finally, when describing stagnant water, the poet deliberately chooses words that easily arouse people's visual association, so as to enhance the painting beauty of the poem. For example, there are rich and vivid descriptions of emerald green, peach blossom red and pearl white in the poem, as well as descriptions of Luo Qi, Xia Yun and green wine, which make the stagnant water present complex colors and undoubtedly greatly enhance the painting beauty of the poem. The poet painted the "surface" of stagnant water with beautiful colors, just to reveal its ugly "interior", and the strong contrast between the surface and the interior caused a strong irony effect.