From: The Wanderer by Meng Jiao in Tang Dynasty.
Interpretation: This kind mother is holding a needle and thread in her hand, making new clothes for the children who are going to travel far away. Before leaving, he sewed the needle tightly for fear that his son would come back late and his clothes would be damaged. Who said that a weak and filial person can repay the kindness of such a loving mother as Chunhui Puze?
Appreciation of Poetry: The first two sentences, "The thread in the hands of a loving mother makes clothes for her wayward boy's body", use two very common things, "thread" and "clothes" to closely link "loving mother" and "wandering son" and write the flesh-and-blood feelings of mother and child. Three or four sentences, "She sewed carefully and mended thoroughly, fearing that the delay would make him go home late", deepened this kind of flesh-and-blood affection by describing the actions and psychology of loving mother making clothes for wanderers.
The mother sewed thousands of stitches for fear that her son would "delay" and could not come back. Great maternal love is naturally revealed through the details of daily life. The first four sentences are very simple, without any modification, but the image of loving mother is really touching.
The last two sentences, "Only an inch of grass has a little affection, and three wisps of spring scenery are appreciated", are the author's heartfelt eulogies of love for his mother. These two sentences adopt the traditional contrast method: children are like grass, and maternal love is like spring sunshine.