First, meet people and discuss the world.
Whether it is classical poetry or modern poetry, works are often permeated with the author's experience and thoughts and feelings. Therefore, before appreciating poetry, we should first have a preliminary understanding of the author's background, life experience, thoughts and feelings.
Take reading the poems of Li Bai and Du Fu as an example. One is to experience the glory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and the other is to witness the decline of the Tang Dynasty. These two different experiences have created poets with different emotional temperament: Li Bai, who is bold, elegant and romantic, and Du Fu, who is concerned about the country and the people.
Second, understand the various themes of poetry.
The theme of classical poetry can often reveal the content of poetry implicitly or explicitly, which is helpful to grasp the thoughts and feelings of poetry. Poetry can be divided into:
1, write lyric pastoral poems. The representative figures are Tao Yuanming, who "picks chrysanthemums under the east fence and sees Nanshan leisurely", and Wang Wei, who "has moonlight in the pine forest and crystal stones in the stream". This kind of poems express their thoughts and feelings by describing the scenery of rivers and lakes and natural scenery.
2. Nostalgic poems about history. This kind of poetry takes historical allusions as the theme, or expresses their own opinions, or satirizes the present through the ancient times, or expresses vicissitudes of life. For example, Tu Mu's Bo Qinhuai and Xin Qiji's Yong Yule Jingkou Gu Bei Nostalgia.
3. Poems that express ambition. Liu Xizai once said in "Introduction to Art" that "the hidden songs of things, but the songs of the bosom, cover me". This kind of poetry is a poem in which the poet does not directly express his thoughts and feelings, but uses symbols, enthusiasm and other means to melt his ideals and personality into something concrete.
4. Poetry on the journey. Poetry, in the form of poetry, reflects the hardships of living in a foreign land and drifting infinitely, which leads to the yearning for relatives, homesickness for hometown and the perception of my life situation. Zhang Ji's a night-mooring near maple bridge and Wen's Walking in the Morning are all such poems.
5. Always in the poem in my heart. The poem "in my heart forever" takes the female mentality as the description object, with a strong sentimental tone and delicate psychological description. In terms of creative characteristics, the poems of in my heart forever, on the whole, all present a graceful, lingering, melancholy and sentimental beauty, which is long and subtle and has endless charm. For example, Wang Changling's "I suddenly saw a strange willow color and regretted teaching my husband to find a seal" belongs to this category.
Third, be familiar with the image of poetry and understand the artistic conception of poetry.
China's classical poems emphasize imagery and artistic conception. Image is the objective image of subjective feelings in poetry. In the appreciation of poetry, we should first grasp the image of poetry in time, understand its characteristics and thoughts and feelings, so as to understand the artistic conception in poetry. There are many concrete images in poetry, such as flowers, mountains and rivers, musical instruments and so on.
Classical poetry is the art of language, and the poet's inner feelings are often expressed in implicit and concise language. This is the beauty of "endless words, endless meaning". To appreciate poetry, we should give full play to our association and imagination and go deep into the artistic conception described by the poet.