Image is the combination of (object) image and (emotional) meaning. That is, the image in the poem, which includes not only the characters, but also the scenery and things written in the poem and the author's feelings. Poetic images vary from thing to thing, some are landscapes and some are objects; Some things, some people; Some are single, some are multiple.
Poetry creation is inseparable from images, and the choice of images is only the first step, which is the basis of poetry; Its purpose is to create a poetic artistic realm of "harmony between meaning and context" through the combination of images. Artistic conception is a kind of integrated artistic realm created by the blending of the poet's subjective feelings and objective scenery. There is a certain relationship between artistic conception and image in essence. They are not only the product of the unity of subjectivity and objectivity, but also the product of the combination of emotion and things. But there are differences between them: from the formal point of view, images are related to words, and artistic conception corresponds to the whole article.
Generally speaking, poetic imagery is not like poetry, and whether there is poetic flavor depends mainly on imagery; Whether a poem is beautiful or not depends mainly on its artistic conception. From poetic flavor to poetic beauty, it is actually the excavation process from image to artistic conception. Without images, artistic conception is impossible. Therefore, in poetry, the starting point is the image and the end point is the artistic conception, but the soul is the meaning of the image expressed in suggestive poetic language. In this sense, the meaning of poetic language is "form" and the meaning of poetic image is "spirit". The implication of images is clear, and the suggestibility of poetic language is clear.