The first sentence "clouds scattered in the blue sky hanging on jade hooks" describes the lotus with many lotus leaves, and the scenery is very spectacular. The "blue sky" in it refers to the lotus leaves, and the "cloud" is the white lotus. Flowers are dotted on the lotus leaves. The author uses metaphor in this sentence. Shicheng is now Nanjing. It can be seen that the description is of the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. The word "autumn" describes the season of lotus picking.
The third sentence "The servant girl came back late with misty hair on her temples" describes the mood of the lotus picker who was so happy that she couldn't wait for the time because of the bumper harvest, and also writes about the simple and hard-working folk customs of the working people. The last sentence The author changed the topic, and the single word "sorrow" revealed the inner world of the lotus picker. It may be due to the social reasons at that time that she did not get it, or she thought of the loss of her lover who had not returned for a long time.
In short, this poem uses scenery to describe emotions, and uses people to set off the scenery. The artistic conception is very high, and it is worthy of our careful understanding.