Ancient poets expressed their aspirations with poems, expressed their ideals and ambitions, expounded the philosophy of life, contained beautiful sentiments, or summarized society, life and history, all of which were the themes of our poems. Some poems are implicit and obscure, while others are straightforward and explicit. It is very important to master some methods to summarize the theme of poetry, which can help students cut into poetry more quickly, accurately and comprehensively, grasp the theme and complete appreciation and evaluation.
First, with the help of poetry, understand the theme.
The title of a poem is often the core of the poem, or summarizes its main content, or hints at its emotional tone, or shows its stylistic characteristics, which can help us understand the theme of the poem and the author's feelings.
Second, pay attention to the preface and understand the main idea.
Generally, the preface is before the poem, the note is after the poem, and sometimes it is cleverly arranged in the stem. Some of them explain the creation time, some explain the creation reason, some explain the creation process, some explain the creation background and the poet's experience, and some lay the emotional tone for the whole work and help to understand the ideological content of the work.
Third, grasp the emotional tone of poetry with the help of keywords, also known as "eye in the sentence".
"Eye in the sentence" refers to the ability to make a poem (word) vivid, or even "live". Keywords can best reflect the feelings of the author and the artistic conception of the work, generally verbs and adjectives. If you catch them, you catch the whole article.
Fourth, with the help of key sentences, also called "eyes in the article", reveal the main idea.
"Eye in the text" refers to the most vivid key sentence in the whole poem (word). Sometimes it appears in the middle of the poem, mostly at the end of the poem, directly or indirectly pointing out the topic. Most of the words are argumentative and direct lyric sentences. For example, in Li Bai's "Climbing Mount Tianmu in a Dream", "How can I bow and scrape to those dignitaries whose sincere faces will never be seen?" "We are not happy-until the end of the day, we met. We understand. What is the relationship between acquaintances? " In Bai Juyi's Pipa Trip. Wait a minute. (Note: "Eye in a sentence" and "Eye in an article" are called "poetic eyes" in poetry)
Fifth, evaluate the "image" and understand the theme of the poem.
Perceive the poet's emotion by evaluating the implication of "image". The "scenery" written and the "things" recited are objective "images"; The "emotion" expressed by borrowing scenery and the "ambition" expressed by chanting things are both subjective "intentions". The perfect combination of image and meaning is image.
The common images in ancient poetry often contain fixed emotions. Only in the process of understanding the meaning of images can readers grasp the content of poetry, understand the theme of poetry, enter the artistic conception of poetry and perceive the poet's emotions.
Sixth, with a variety of expressions.
We can understand the poet's feelings expressed in his poems by using allusions, translating famous sentences, expressing feelings through scenery, reasoning through metaphors, expressing feelings through things, contrast, coexistence of reality and falsehood, symbolism and satirizing the present through ancient times. For example, the allusions and famous sentences used by poets are mostly related to their own situation in content. So use allusions to allude to reality, express your feelings and place some wishes; Metaphorical reasoning makes profound truth easy to understand and vivid.