It describes the poet's sleepless nights; this is not only for the "cold quilt", but also reveals the loneliness of the poet's exile in Jiangzhou. Because the poet expresses his unique feelings with true feelings, this song "Snow at Night" is unique, with implicit poetic meaning and long charm
Bai Juyi's "Snow at Night"
Already amazed The pillow is cold, and the window is bright again.
I know the snow is heavy late at night, and I hear the sound of breaking bamboo.
This unique poem praising snow was written between the tenth and thirteenth years of Yuanhe (815) when he was demoted to Jiangzhou. The whole poem does not directly describe the appearance of snow, but starts from the poet's feelings about the snow on the couch indoors, and highlights it from the side. The first sentence describes feelings, the second sentence describes vision, and the last two sentences draw the shape, sound and size of snow from the perspective of hearing. This poem also tightly grasps the characteristics of night snow. It snows at night and the temperature is suddenly cold, so the quilt pillow is not warm; due to the smoothness of the snow, the dark night becomes brighter; the "crackling" sound of folding bamboo hints at the numerous and numerous noises. It snowed harder and harder at night. Because of this, this poem appears novel, unique, fresh and refined among the many poems about snow.
Among the many products of nature, snow is unique. She has won the praise of countless poets throughout the ages with her pure white and crystal-clear natural beauty and her magical ability to decorate Guanshan. Among the dazzling snow-songs, Bai Juyi's "Night Snow" seems so ordinary, with neither color depiction nor gesture description. At first glance, it is simply inconspicuous, but if you taste it carefully, you will find it. Dignified and simple, fresh and elegant, it is a small flower with unique style.
This poem is novel and unique, mainly because of its good intention. There are not many poems about snow at night, which is related to the characteristics of snow itself. Snow is silent and odorless, and can only be distinguished by color, shape, and posture. In the dark night, human vision is completely useless, and the image of snow is naturally impossible to capture. However, Bai Juyi, who is willing to innovate, started from this special situation and avoided the usual frontal description techniques, using all side effects to vividly and vividly write about a snowy night.
"I was surprised that the quilt pillow was cold", starting from the human feeling. The word "cold" not only points out that there is snow, but also implies that the snow is heavy, because life experience proves: when the snow first falls, the cold air in the air All is absorbed by water vapor and condenses into snowflakes. The temperature will not drop immediately. The severe cold in the air will only increase when the snow is heavy. It feels cold here, and it can be seen that it has been snowing for a long time. Not only "cold" is writing about snow, but "surprise" is also writing about snow. The reason why people are unaware of it at first and then suddenly wake up when the cold hits is because the snow falls silently to the ground. This is why writing snow in addition to "cold" Another feature. This sentence is very closely related to the title. Feeling "the quilt pillow is cold" means that the person who comes at night has already hugged the quilt and is lying down, thus pointing out that it is "night snow". "Seeing the light in the window again" further writes about Ye Xue from a visual perspective. Seeing bright windows late at night just means that the snow is falling heavily and deeply. It is the strong reflection of the snow that brings light to the dark night. The above are all written in profile, describing the person in every sentence, but Ye Xue is highlighted everywhere.
"I know the snow is heavy every night, and I hear the sound of folding bamboo every now and then." Here we still describe it from the side, but we change the perspective and write it from the auditory perspective. The sound of the heavy snow breaking the bamboo branches told me that the snow was getting stronger. The poet deliberately chose the detail of "folding bamboo" to highlight the word "heavy", which is unique and emotional. The "sound of breaking bamboo" "heard" "late at night" shows the silence of the winter night, and more importantly, it describes the poet's sleeplessness all night long; this is not just for the "cold quilt pillow", but also reveals the poet's exile I felt lonely when I was in Jiangzhou. Because the poet expresses his unique feelings with true feelings, this song "Snow at Night" is unique, with implicit poetic meaning and long lasting charm.
The whole poem has a plain and simple poetic environment, and is completely plastered, without any trace of arrangement or delicacy. This is the inherent style of Bai Juyi's poetry.