Poetry: what I see is clear: Yuan Mei
Cowboys ride on the backs of oxen, and songs echo in the forest. Suddenly want to catch the song of the tree, immediately stop singing and stand by the tree silently.
Translation:
The shepherd boy rode on the back of the cow, and the loud song echoed in the forest. Suddenly, I wanted to catch the cicada in singing in the trees, so I stopped singing and stood quietly by the tree.
Extended data background: The poet saw a shepherd boy singing on the road riding a cow, and suddenly heard cicadas singing, so he stopped singing and jumped off the cow's back to catch cicadas. This scene aroused the poet's poetic interest, and he wrote this poem "What he saw".
Appreciation: Poetry directly expresses feelings about life through the description of the natural environment and social life, which seems carefree, but in fact it entrusts feelings. The writing is lively and free, the language is simple and clear, and the image is natural and vivid.
In the whole poem, the peaceful, tranquil and picturesque rural scenery it depicts and the lively, free and naive image of a shepherd boy it depicts are the realm that the poet pursues all his life, and also the "authenticity and nature" he repeatedly emphasizes.