An analysis of the poem "Shu Dao Nan"

Shu Dao Nan is Li Bai's most romantic masterpiece. Judging from the content, this poem should be written by Chang 'an poets in the early days of Tianbao to bid farewell to Sichuan friends. Different from other farewell poems, this poem skillfully uses other feelings, writes the characteristics of Sichuan mountains and rivers, and also incorporates the poet's worries about the current social situation at that time.

Such a trip is more difficult than climbing the blue sky! It is intended to discourage friends from traveling to the west and write about the height of Shu Road.

The three exclaimed, "Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye!" Amazing and shocking. The opening words, rising out of thin air, contain rich emotional power, which makes people feel the sublimity of Shu Dao in these few specific descriptions. The Shu kingdom in the poem, from the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC) 48,000 years ago to now, has been "out of touch with Qin and Sai". Taibai Mountain has a bird path, but there is no way to do it. This paper summarizes the long-term isolation between Shu and the mainland, and also implies the isolation of mountains. Then, when quoting the tragic fairy tales of Wuding Mountain to express the strong desire of working people to transform nature, it adds many magical colors to Shu Road, which indirectly shows that Shu Road is an insurmountable obstacle in history. Shushan is so high that even the car of the sun god has to go around! Below the stepped stone pile is a fast and dangerous current. The healthy flying yellow crane can't pass, and the apes who are good at climbing are also worried about how to get there. On this basis, the poet further compares the winding mountain road by imitating the expressions and actions of climbers, such as touching the stars, breathing nervously, touching the chest and sighing, walking hard and looking frightened. And Shu Dao is difficult to walk because of its height.

We wonder if this road to the west will never end? Ask about the return date before boarding the journey, and write through the risks of Shu Dao by saying goodbye.

"Sad Birds and Ancient Trees" and "Singing jathyapple in Zigui" are not only difficult to walk, but also desolate and sad, full of infinite sadness and sorrow, which makes people feel pale. Such a detailed description has better rendered the loneliness and desolation on the Shu Road. "The highest cliff is less than a foot from heaven, and dry pine trees hang down from the cliff surface. A thousand waterfalls are rushing down, and the rumbling sound of rotating stones comes from 10 thousand valleys. "Four sentences use exaggerated techniques, from static to dynamic, to write a thrilling scene of water and stones stirring and valleys roaring. A distant view of mountains and peaks; Close-up of withered pine trees hanging upside down; Rapids, waterfalls, cliffs, rocks, the sound of thousands of valleys, thunder and dynamic pictures have produced overwhelming artistic effects. The danger of mountains is daunting, the danger of mountains and rivers is thrilling, and the description of the difficulty of Shu Road has reached its peak. But the poet feels that it is still not in place. "Why do people who live at a safe distance come here? ! "A question", an illusory brushwork, strengthens the surprise and danger of Shu Dao from the side.

"Although the Silk City is beautiful, I'd rather go home soon." Shu is not a place to stay for long. Warn friends to write about the poet's political vision and deep worries.

"The danger of Shu is in the world, and the danger of Jiange is especially in Shu", which shows that Jiange is a military fortress in Shu. Jiange has a dangerous terrain, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are many precedents in history for insurrection according to risks. From nature to the world, the poet wrote about the danger of Jiange in order to lead to the tragic war disaster in Sichuan. Cleverly using the phrase "If you win, your relatives will not live" in Zhang Zai's Ming of Jiange in the Western Jin Dynasty, warning the authorities to take history as a mirror and be alert to the occurrence of war. It can be seen that the poet's deep anxiety about the warlord separatist situation lurking behind the Taiping scene shows his keen observation, foresight and deep concern for the fate of the country and the safety of the people, which adds practical connotation and profound meaning to the poem.

In the poem, the poet creatively inherited the repetition form common in ancient folk songs, which appeared once at the beginning, once in the middle, and once at the end with the theme sentence "The road is difficult to get through, the sky is difficult to get high". Repeated chanting, the content is deepened step by step, which makes people feel that "one sigh is insufficient and then insufficient, and then insufficient and then three", which has a strong artistic appeal. The novel form, rich imagination, unrestrained language and vigorous style let us appreciate the talent of Li Bai, a "poetic fairy". Difficulties in Shu Dao deserves to be regarded as a romantic masterpiece.

Shu Dao Nan is an old-style Yuefu, and the characteristics of Li Bai's old-style Yuefu are closely related to the original theme and meaning of the old-style Yuefu. In Yin Keng's poems between Liang and Chen, there was a saying that "Shu Dao is difficult and fame is desirable". Li Bai's "Difficult Road to Shu" is about the difficulties and dangers on the road from Chang 'an to Zhongshu, and it may also imply that fame is difficult to achieve.

This poem belongs to the seven-character poem in genre. Seven-character oratorio is the freest form of poetry in May 7th Poetry. Mainly composed of seven words, you can use sentences with uneven length. The long ones can be more than nine words, and the short ones can be three eyes, four eyes, and a beautiful house. It doesn't change as little as five ancient poems, regular poems and quatrains. The first two sentences of this poem are divided into long sentences, and the language is very bold and unrestrained; In the second half, the writing of Jiange and its territorial environment is sinister, sometimes with many four words, concise and powerful. The change of long sentences and short sentences makes the language of poetry free and lively, and the sentence patterns are rich and colorful. Li Bai is best at writing seven-character songs. In this poetic style, the poet fully inherited and developed the specialties of Chu Ci and Ancient Yuefu, exerted his incomparable imagination, used unusually rich language, showed the heroic mind and spirit, loved freedom, and was firm and unyielding. This feature has been seen by people before. For example, Tang Yinyun said, "One of them, such as Difficult Road to Shu, has a new temperament and is a part of the poet (referring to Qu Yuan)." Wang Mingshi Zhen said, "Taibai Ancient Yuefu is full of changes and talents." Ming Hu Zhenheng said: "Taibai's Shu Dao Nan, Farewell, Tian, Yao and so on. No head, no tail, confusing. " And Hu Zhenheng all mentioned "the difficulty of Shu Dao", which shows that this poem is another masterpiece of Li Bai's seven-character song line.