"Ode to the Dusk River" is one of Bai Juyi's "Miscellaneous Poems". The wonderful idea of ??the whole poem lies in the combination of two beautiful pictures of nature. One is the gorgeous scene of the setting sun and the sunset reflecting on the river; the other is the hazy night with the crescent moon rising and the dewdrops crystal clear.
"Ode to the Dusk River"
Author: Bai Juyi
A setting sun spreads over the water, half of the river is rustling and half of the river is red.
Poor on the third night of September, the dew is like pearls and the moon is like a bow. Translation
A setting sun gradually sets in the river, half of the river is green and half of it is bright red.
The most lovely thing is that on the third night of September, the dewdrops are as bright as pearls and the crescent moon is shaped like a bow. Appreciation
"Ode to the Dusk River" is one of Bai Juyi's "Miscellaneous Poems". The wonderful idea of ??the whole poem lies in the combination of two beautiful pictures of nature. One is the gorgeous scene of the setting sun and the sunset reflecting on the river; the other is the hazy night with the crescent moon rising and the dewdrops crystal clear. The two have beautiful scenery when viewed separately, and the scenery is even more wonderful when read together. The poet also appropriately adds metaphors to the poems to make the scenery more vivid. Because this poem permeates the poet's relaxed and joyful liberating mood and personality after voluntarily leaving the court, the whole poem becomes an artistic carrier of the poet's aesthetic and psychological functions under his specific circumstances.
The first two sentences describe the river water in the setting sun. "A setting sun spreads over the water." The setting sun shines on the river. Instead of saying "shine", it says "spreading". This is because the "setting sun" is close to the horizon and is almost touching the ground. It really looks like "spreading" on the river. It is very vivid; the word "Pu" also appears euphemistic and gentle, describing the unique softness of the autumn sunset, giving people a friendly and relaxed feeling. "Half the river is rustling and half the river is red", the weather is clear and windless, the river flows slowly, and the surface of the river wrinkles with small ripples. The parts that receive more light show a "red" color; the parts that receive less light show a deep blue color. The poet grasped the two colors appearing on the river surface, but showed the scene of the shimmering waves of the dusk river and the rapid changes in light and color under the setting sun. The poet was intoxicated and placed his own joy in the description of the scenery.
The last two sentences describe the night scene of the rising new moon. The poet lingered until the first moon rose and the cool dew fell, and a more beautiful realm appeared before his eyes. The poet leaned over and saw that the grass by the river was covered with crystal dewdrops. The drops of clear dew on the green grass are like pearls inlaid on it. Using "real pearls" as a metaphor not only describes the roundness of dewdrops, but also the shining luster of dewdrops under the clear light of the new moon. The poet looked up again and saw a crescent moon rising, like a delicate bow hanging on the blue sky. The poet compressed these two wonderful scenes of heaven and earth into one poem - "The dew is like pearls and the moon is like a bow." From the bow-like crescent moon, the author remembered that it was the "third night of September" and couldn't help praising its cuteness. He expressed his emotions directly and pushed his feelings to a climax, causing waves in the poem.
The poet creates a harmonious and peaceful artistic conception through the description of the visual images of "dew" and "moon", and uses such novel and ingenious metaphors to carefully color and describe nature, giving it a The reader is presented with a wonderful picture. From describing the dusk river to praising the moon dew, there seems to be a missing connection in time, and the "night" in "the third night of September" invisibly connects time. It connects with "twilight" on the top and "twilight" on the bottom. "Dew" and "Moon" are connected, which means that the poet has been admiring the moon from dusk to the dew above and below, which contains the poet's love and love for nature.
In addition, readers should pay attention to the time issue in this poem. "Yin of the Dusk River" writes about three different "times". Through the above analysis, the first two sentences of "Dusk River Song" are written before sunset (a short period of time) or at sunset; the last two sentences are mainly written after sunset (a short period of time), that is, dusk; from the last two sentences, there are also Some time during the night. This is completely in line with the author's order of viewing, that is, the author first saw "the setting sun is shining" before sunset, then he saw "the moon is like a bow" after sunset, and then at night he saw "the dew is like pearls". Most sources believe that "the moon is like a bow" and "the dew is like pearls" were seen by the author at the same time at night, with the former written in the sky and the latter written underground. In fact, this is because of the lack of common knowledge in astronomy and meteorology, and the neglect of the "time difference" problem between the two natural phenomena. As mentioned before, the author could only see "the third day of September" and "the moon is like a bow" shortly after sunset. At this time, because the sun has just set, the ground has not lost much heat, and cool dew has not yet formed; and when the dew is "like pearls" at night, the bow-like moon has already sunk below the western horizon.