The poem uses special imagery to reflect the season. Willows are sparse and only dead branches remain, reflecting the bleakness of autumn. Wild geese flying south is a unique scene in late autumn.
These scenes are used to set the emotional tone of the whole poem: bleak and desolate
The chin couplet is about enjoying the mountains and rivers, chanting and expressing one's feelings after drinking, the majestic appearance and heroic temperament; the song ends in the neck couplet Scattered, things have changed and people have changed. After waking up, there is only a lonely goose. The boldness of the past is no longer, only the deep loneliness remains. It expresses the feeling of the rise and fall of history.
Although this poem mentions Red Cliff, it is only used as an image of sigh and is not the main body of the poem. Compare the days when heroes competed for supremacy at Red Cliff with the current situation where only the lionfish sits and fishes. It expresses the poet's lonely feeling that although he has the ambition to make great achievements, his ambition is difficult to achieve.