The ancient poem "Ode to the Dusk River" belongs to the scene of mourning.
The ancient poem "Ode to the Dusk River" belongs to the scene of mourning. From words such as "a setting sun" and "poor", we can truly feel the poet Bai Juyi's helpless feeling at that time, expressing his extremely melancholy mentality, and there is a poignant charm.
"A setting sun spreads over the water, half of the river is rustling and half of the river is red." Through the description of the setting sun, Bai Juyi, who was walking alone by the river, faced this scene and couldn't help but feel like "the sunset is infinite." Well, it’s just almost dusk” feeling.
The poet at that time was frustrated by officialdom and could not use his talents to the best of his ability. He was like a "setting sun" and had to cast its afterglow on the river in the evening instead of letting the river show its beautiful waves. The word "Pu" is vividly used. It vividly shows the autumn colors seen at that time, which makes people feel emotional about the scene. Especially in the chilly autumn day, how can we not make people feel sad for autumn? "Poor on the third night of September, the dew is like pearls and the moon is like a bow."
Using an excessive word "poor" not only writes the time, but also shows people that it has entered late autumn at this moment, and people are standing in the sky. The people on the riverside couldn't help but shiver. "Night of the third day of September" allows readers to read and follow the poet to gallop in that lonely and cold night. The poet was alone walking and thinking along the riverside, giving him a feeling of desolation and loneliness. However, "people have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes."
Being far away from family, unable to be with your wife and children, especially like the full moon that is just like a scimitar at this moment, has not achieved perfection. The poet is living a low-spirited life at the moment, being ostracized by others in the officialdom. He is like a "dewdrop" standing in the cold wind of late autumn, and he is also like a dewdrop that slips down from the branches and leaves at the slightest carelessness. He fully demonstrated his helplessness to the public.
Bai Juyi has very few poems describing scenery. "Ode to the Dusk River" is a typical example of borrowing objects to entrust things and borrowing scenery to create feelings. The whole poem is natural and smooth, and it is completed in one go. It vividly outlines the scenery of the poet walking alone by the river. Using music to contrast one's own "sadness", the theme is bright and colorful, leaving endless space for readers to think. "Ode to the Dusk River" is one of Bai Juyi's "Miscellaneous Poems".
The wonderful idea of ??the whole poem lies in the combination of two beautiful pictures of nature. One is the gorgeous scene of the setting sun and the sunset reflecting on the river; the other is the hazy night with the crescent moon rising and the dewdrops shining brightly. The two have beautiful scenery when viewed separately, and they are even more wonderful when read together. The poet also appropriately adds metaphors to the poems to make the scenery more vivid. Because this poem permeates the poet's relaxed and joyful liberating mood and personality after voluntarily leaving the court, the whole poem becomes an artistic carrier of the poet's aesthetic and psychological functions under his specific circumstances.