First of all, it is the use of symbol and contrast. In poetry, poets use "stagnant water" to symbolize dark and decadent things. On the surface, this poem is actually a ditch of "stagnant water", but in fact the implied meaning is very rich. This reflects the aesthetic characteristics of symbolism. In terms of expression methods, there are a lot of contrast techniques in poetry. In addition to the first and fifth verses, beautiful words are often used in poetry. Describing rust with "peach blossom", greasy with "Luo Qi" and moldy with "Xia Yun" all show the decay and ugliness of stagnant water. In the fourth quarter, imagine a few frogs croaking, "thinking that stagnant water calls out songs", which is novel and unique.
Second, the creation of "three beauties" in new metrical poems. The poem "Dead Water" is the representative work of Mr. Wen Yiduo's new metrical poem, which has both the beauty of music, painting and architecture. The whole poem has five sections, four lines in each section and nine sentences in each line, forming a "tofu block" pattern, which looks very neat. For example, Emerald, Peach Blossom, Luo Qi, Xia Yun, Sake and Pearl depict still water, which constitutes a vivid and ironic picture, that is, "the beauty in painting". Each line of the poem ends with a disyllabic word, with harmonious rhyme, sonorous tone and distinct rhythm, which conforms to the "beauty of music".
In addition, this poem is imaginative and good at describing things by combining metaphor and satire, which not only shapes beautiful images, but also arouses readers' disgust and disgust for ugly things and profoundly reveals the essence of ugly things.
In a word, the poem "Dead Water" has a profound theme and unique artistic techniques, especially the application of the "three beauties" of the new metrical poem, which not only influenced the society at that time, but also pioneered the application of the "three beauties" of the new metrical poem and has a unique position in the history of modern poetry.