1. Based on the flexible form of Chu Ci, a new poetic style "Sao Style" was created. Compared with the Book of Songs, its sentence length is even worse. Lisao is the longest lyric poem in ancient China. The whole poem * * * has 373 sentences and 2478 words. It not only contains profound ideological content, but also effectively expresses the author's uncontrollable thoughts and feelings.
Second, it is rich in content. Strange imagination, exaggeration and ancient myths and legends are widely used in poetry, which effectively improves the expressive force of poetry. With extravagant descriptions, the author interweaves myths and legends, historical figures, the moon, the wind and cloud, a phoenix in Yi Long, mountains and rivers, lightning and flowers, and presents a magnificent and colorful picture. The author's imagination is not limited by time and space at all. He sometimes ascended to heaven, sometimes climbed the fairy mountain, and sometimes returned to the earth; The immortals and queens in ancient mythology were all his associates. Such a rich and bold imagination has greatly enhanced the expressive power of poetry.
3. Inherited and developed the expression of "Fu, Bi and Xing" in The Book of Songs. Li Sao personifies and visualizes all myths and legends and the sun, moon, flowers, grass and birds in real life, and perfectly blends this illusory world with real life to express the author's lofty ideals and surging patriotism. For example, fragrant grass, engagement, and the jealousy of many women are all compared to the purity of poets, the encounter between monarch and minister, and the envy of villains to sages. These vivid metaphors have achieved a perfect artistic effect.
Fourth, language training, beautiful rhyme; He absorbed many dialects in Chu, used function words flexibly, and had strong local folk songs and prose sentence patterns. Therefore, in the Outline of China Literature History, Mr. Lu Xun spoke highly of Li Sao: "One China, one outstanding life. ..... Compared with poetry, it is very long, with unreal ideas, beautiful writing and clear purpose. ..... but it influenced later articles, even surpassing the "Three Hundred Articles". "